溫哥華

溫哥華已有200多年的歷史。起初這裡是一個不出名的小漁鎮，1792年英國航海家乔治·溫哥華到達此地，並對其進行勘測。1895年開始設立市政機構。1863年，第一批歐洲移民來到這裡，建立了鋸木廠並從事出口貿易。1886年4月6日正式設市。人們為了紀念第一位到達此地的探險者，故將該市以溫哥華來命名。

[编辑] 地理環境

溫哥華地理位置位於不列颠哥伦比亚省西南沿海的布拉德峽灣和菲莎河口的三角洲之間，是加拿大西海岸最大的港口。溫哥華背靠落磯山，面向太平洋。雖然緯度較高，但因有暖流經過，所以冬季一般不常降雪，港口不結冰。

溫哥華是一個景色優美的地方，並以豐富的人文資源而著稱，使她成為加拿大的旅遊勝地。她擁有潔淨的空氣和新鮮的水質。由於氣候溫和，溫哥華可提供全年的戶外活動。溫哥華的消費水平並不高，交通也很便捷，作為太平洋的貿易中心，溫哥華的居民本身由不同文化背景的移民組成。溫哥華的「中國城」是北美除舊金山以外最大的中國城。溫哥華是華人重鎮，通用普通话（国语）和广东话（粤语）及其它各種中國方言。

温哥华氣候溫和，四季宜人，市内草地常綠、繁花似錦，属温带海洋性气候。夏季氣溫一般在20攝氏度左右，冬季氣溫一般在0攝氏度以上。十一月份溫哥華的氣溫在一般保持在3℃-9℃之間，溫潤而舒适，冬季很少下雪。溫哥華素有「加拿大雨都」之称，尤其在冬季。

溫哥華市主要包括：城區，溫西，溫東。

[编辑] 大溫地區城市列表

大溫地區包括21個城市，主要包括：

溫哥華市(City of Vancouver)
本那比市(City of Burnaby)
新西敏市(City of New Westminster)
西温哥華（District of West Vancouver)
Village of Lions Bay
Bowen Island
北溫哥華市（City of North Vancouver)
District of North Vancouver
City of Port Moody
高貴林市(City of Coquitlam)
高貴林港市 (City of Port Coquitlam)
素里市(City of Surrey)
白石鎮（White Rock）
列治文市(City of Richmond)
Corporation of Delta
蘭里市(City of Langley)
蘭里鎮(District(Township) of Langley)
Pitt Meadows
Maple Ridge
Anmore
Village of Belcarra

[编辑] 交通

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Vancouver's streetcar system began on 28 June 1890 and ran from the (first) Granville Street Bridge to Westminster Avenue (now Main Street). Less than a year later, the Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Company began operating Canada's first interurban line between the two cities, which encouraged residential neighbourhoods outside the central core to develop.^[1] The British Columbia Electric Railway became the company that operated the urban and interurban rail system, until 1958 when its last vestiges were dismantled in favour of diesel buses.^[2]

City councils, as part of a long term plan, prohibited the construction of freeways in the 1980s.^[3] The only major freeway within city limits is Highway 1, which passes through the eastern edge of the city.

TransLink, the Greater Vancouver Regional District transportation authority, is responsible for roads and public transportation within region. It provides a bus service, B-Line Rapid Bus Service (2 of the 3 B-Lines run in Vancouver with 2 more B-Lines by 2008), a foot passenger and bicycle ferry service (known as SeaBus), a two-line automated metro system called SkyTrain, and the commuter rail West Coast Express.^[4] Future projects include the Canada Line, a metro-style train line that will connect Vancouver International Airport and the neighbouring municipality Richmond with Downtown.

SkyTrain crossing the Fraser River on the Skybridge

Inter-city passenger rail service is operated from Pacific Central Station by VIA Rail to points east; Amtrak Cascades to Seattle, Washington; and Rocky Mountaineer rail tour routes.

Vancouver is served by Vancouver International Airport (YVR), located on Sea Island in the City of Richmond, immediately south of Vancouver. Vancouver's airport is Canada's second busiest airport, and the second largest gateway on the west coast of North America for international passengers. HeliJet and two float plane companies operate scheduled air service from Vancouver harbour. The city is also served by two BC Ferry terminals. One is to the northwest at Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver, and the other is to the south, at Tsawwassen (in Delta).

[编辑] 旅遊

溫哥華旅遊景點眾多，包括史丹利公園（Stanley Park）- 北美第三大的城市公園，獅門大橋（Lion's Gate Bridge）- 加拿大最長的橋樑，泛太平洋酒店（Canada Place）- 著名的「五帆」建筑，伊麗莎白女王公園（Queen Elizabeth Park），葛勞士山(Grouse Mountain)，卡皮拉諾吊橋(Capilano Suspension Bridge)，唐人街（千禧門，孫中山花園），惠斯勒(Whistler)滑雪場（2010年冬奥會滑雪舉辦場）等。