Episode 2 of 3
Incorporation of Vancouver
- When
- April 6, 1886
- Where
- Vancouver, British Columbia
Vancouver was formally incorporated as a city on April 6, 1886, following the Great Vancouver Fire.
The settlement, previously known as Gastown or Granville, was incorporated under the name Vancouver on April 6, 1886. This followed the Great Vancouver Fire, which destroyed much of the town and necessitated a new municipal framework. The first city council meeting after the fire established formal governance.
Sources
- History of Vancouver Wikipedia
Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.