Gastown
Gastown is the original settlement that became the core of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and a national historic site and a neighbourhood in the northwest section of the Downtown Eastside, adjacent to Downtown Vancouver.
Key facts
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- Gastown
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- Neighbourhood
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- Vancouver 2018-20180422-2108 (42138196834).jpg
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- The steam clock at the intersection of Water and Cambie Streets in 2018
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- 220
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- CAN BC Greater Vancouver
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- right
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- Location in Metro Vancouver
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- Country
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- Province
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- British Columbia
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- History
- 21st century
- Gastown steam clock
- References
- External links
- Archival photos
Gastown is the original settlement that became the core of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and a national historic site and a neighbourhood in the northwest section of the Downtown Eastside, adjacent to Downtown Vancouver.
Its historical boundaries – the waterfront (now Water Street and the CPR tracks), Carrall Street, Hastings Street, and Cambie Street – followed the borders of the 1870 townsite survey, the proper name and postal address of which was Granville, B.I. ("Burrard Inlet"). The official boundary does not include most of Hastings Street except for the Woodward's and Dominion Buildings, and stretches east past Columbia Street, to the laneway running parallel to the west side of Main Street.