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	Vancouver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vancouver International Airport is the principal international port in Western Canada and is the second busiest in the nation.
		Vancouver is also a major centre for the mining industry, with the former Vancouver Stock Exchange (now absorbed into the TSX Venture Exchange) notable as the largest market in the world for venture capital in small to medium sized mining ventures.
		Vancouver is also served by two B.C. Ferry terminals, one to the northwest near the village of Horseshoe Bay, and one to the south, at Tsawwassen (the flagship terminal), linking the mainland to Vancouver Island and other nearby islands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vancouver (9095 words)

	Chinatown, Vancouver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As of 2006, Chinatown is in the midst of a renaissance as the downtown boom in condominium construction is encroaching on its limits.
		As with many other Chinatowns, it is still heavily populated by older immigrants, but younger residents, including yuppies lured by its convenient location at the heart of the city, have settled in Chinatown in the past decade.
		Mobile Chinatowns: the future of community in a global space of flows - Academic paper by Vincent Miller conveying the differences between the old Vancouver Chinatown and the new Richmond.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinatown,_Vancouver (651 words)

	Chinatown : - Vancouver Neighborhood
		Vancouver's Chinatown is the 2nd largest in North America (after San Francisco's) and walking its streets is like stepping into a movie set, being in another time and place with all the sights, smells, sounds and tastes of another culture.
		Street life is one of the reasons Chinatown is such a distinctive neighborhood; the sidewalks are bustling, noisy and often jammed with curious foodstuffs spilling out from the stores.
		Chinatown is liveliest at the weekends, and the Saturday night market makes for a very different `night cap'.
	www.travelgrande.com /vancouver-travel-guide/chinatown-info.htm (255 words)

	Chinatown (Vancouver) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Vancouver's vibrant Chinatown – clustered mainly on Pender Street from Carrall to Gore and on Keefer Street from Main to Gore (buses #22 or #19 east from Pender, or #22 north from Burrard) – is a city apart.
		Vancouver's 100,000 or more Chinese make up one of North America's largest Chinatowns and are the city's oldest and largest ethnic group after the British-descended majority.
		Chinatown's chief cultural attraction is the small Dr Sun Yat-Sen Garden, at 578 Carrall St near Pender Street, a 2.5-acre park billed as the first authentic, full-scale classical Chinese garden ever built outside China (May to mid-June 10am–6pm; mid-June to Aug 9.30am–7pm; Sept–April 10am–4.30pm; $6.50, includes free optional tours; tel 689-7133).
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /north_america/canada/about_destin/britishcolumbia/vancouver_chinatown.html (840 words)

	Chinatown Revitalization Program: Chinatown Vision
		Vancouver's Chinatown has always been an active community with many organizations providing programs and services to enhance its role as the heart of the Chinese-Canadian community and a significant historic area with a unique cultural and heritage legacy.
		The rise of inner suburban and suburban Chinese populations outside of Chinatown is exemplified by the Chinese population primacy of the Chinatown tract (5,020 Chinese individuals in 1996) being surpassed by Census Tract 933147.03 (5,880 in 1996).
		In observing the land use patterns of Chinatown, it is clear that the effects of isolation, leakage, and drought have taken its toll on the neighbourhood.
	www.city.vancouver.bc.ca /ctyclerk/cclerk/020723/rr2.htm (9346 words)

	Vancouver Chinatown Information Guide
		Although developments in Chinatown was taking place, the Chinese people were not treated equally by the whites and in 1887, an ugly riot drove the Chinese out of Chinatown.
		Speaking of the famous doctor himself, one should not visit Chinatown and missed out the delightful Dr. Sun Yat Sen Classical Chinese Garden which is tucked away at the rear of the Chinese Cultural Centre.
		As one of the oldest buildings in Chinatown, the Wing Sang Building was built in 1889 by Yip Sang who made his fortune as a labor contractor for the CPR after working as a dishwasher, cook and cigar-maker.
	www.virtualvancouver.com /chinatown.html (921 words)

	Vancouver Chinatown Restaurants
		Vancouver is 4th in the world after London, Rome and Paris as the destination for U.S. tourists.
		Vancouver is ninth in world for number of skyscrapers per head of population.
		Desiderata and Adam dropped in since this is the nearest in Chinatown to the Tinseltown Theatres, and we are not enamoured of the crowded fast food places in the movie area, especially as we always like to have talk with the food.
	www.evevancouver.ca /food/chinatown.htm (2622 words)

	Attractions in BC: Chinatown, Vancouver - BritishColumbia.com
		Vancouver's Chinatown began in Shanghai Alley in the late 1880's, on the shores of False Creek at Pender and Carrall Street.
		To discover Chinatown is to be suddenly engulfed with the tastes, sounds and fragrances of another culture.
		It seems almost monochromatic after the dazzle of Chinatown: all contemplative muted greens and stony grays, with water walkways leading from pavilion to pavilion among the gnarled trees and natural rock sculptures that keep the city and the century at bay.
	www.britishcolumbia.com /attractions/attractions/chinatown.html (593 words)

	Vancouver, Canada - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Vancouver, Canada
		Paper products, clothing, and aluminium are also important to the local economy.It began as a trading post for the Hudson's Bay Company 1825.
		Vancouver, B.C. Vancouver, B.C. Vancouver, B.C. Vancouver, BC
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Vancouver,+Canada (137 words)

	yantab (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The neighbourhoods around Chinatown that were once the single centre for the Chinese community in Vancouver in the 1960s and 1970s have now become one of many Chinese residential centres in Greater Vancouver.
		In the case of Vancouver's Chinatown, the neighbourhood clearly suffers from all three elements of urban decay.
		However, in examining the causes of decay in Chinatown, the regional economic and social restructuring of the Chinese community in the Lower Mainland emerge as a key factor behind Chinatown's decline.
	www.downtowneastside.ca /ccap/untitl1.htm (2963 words)

	Chinatown Vancouver Online - Heritage
		Years before Vancouver was incorporated in 1886, Chinese labourers worked in the industries that built the province -- in gold fields, coalmines, sawmills and canneries.
		Chinatown itself was a response to the climate of racial hostility.
		Suddenly the Chinatown that had seemed foreign, sinister and dangerous began to seem foreign, exotic and appealing.
	www.vancouverchinatown.ca /heritage.html (1092 words)

	ipedia.com: Chinatown Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Chinatowns were formed in the 19th century in many areas of the United States and Canada as a result of discriminatory land laws which forbade the sale of land to Chinese outside of a restricted geographical area and which promoted the segregation of people of different ethnicities.
		Chinatowns were established in European port cities as Chinese traders settled down in the area.
		In Francophone regions (such as France and Quebec, Canada), Chinatown is often referred to as le quartier Chinois (meaning "the Chinese Quarter"; plural: les quartiers Chinois) and the Spanish-language term is usually el barrio Chino ("the Chinese neighborhood"; plural: los barrios chinos), used in Spain and Latin America.
	www.ipedia.com /chinatown.html (4053 words)

	Chinatown, Vancouver, Canada
		Chinatown in Vancouver is the largest in Canada and the second largest Chinatown in North America after San Francisco's.
		The large Chinese population in Vancouver (350 out of 2000 at the turn of the 19th century) was often subject to racist attacks, the earliest large white mobs attacks were reported in 1887.
		Chinatown is located east of downtown Vancouver, concentrated around the intersection of E Pender and Main Street.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/North_America/Canada/Province_of_British_Columbia/Vancouver-903183/Things_To_Do-Vancouver-Chinatown-BR-1.html (1916 words)

	Vancouver's ChinaTown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Vancouver's Chinatown, the centre of Chinese culture in Vancouver for more than a century, is only incidentally a tourist attraction.
		Chinatown is divided into a market section and a merchandise section.
		Now there are Ming WO stores all around the city, but this is the first and still the head office of the company.
	www.bcpassport.com /shopping/chinatown.html (579 words)

	Why chinatown is - Chinatown Visitor Kiosk Opens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Despite the fact that Chinatown is located in the heart of a "global city," it is an ethnic enclave, and it is dominated by an ethnic, informal political
		The 24 square blocks of San Francisco’s Chinatown is an enclave of culture.
		"Chinatown" is an engrossing, fast paced film that is both a parody and a Chinatown is the district where Jake Gittes started his career as a cop.
	newinfoseek.com /nwis/why-chinatown-is.html (610 words)

	Chinatown, Vancouver Tourist Attractions, Visitors, Markets, Landmarks, History, Chinese Food
		Vancouver’s Chinatown is North America’s second largest, and reflects the dominant Chinese minority group in Vancouver.
		Chinatown Centers around the Chinese Cultural Center Museum and Archives; it features a Ming Dynasty styled building, exhibits, and themes such as the Gold Rush, Chinese Canadian Military, and traditional Chinese calligraphy.
		The West Han Dynasty Bell is another impressive attraction; it is the centerpiece for the historical alley in Chinatown and was a gift from the City of Guangzhou to the City of Vancouver.
	www.traveltocanadanow.com /article.asp?article_id=9 (296 words)

	Things to Do in Vancouver - chinatown, vancouver, british columbia
		These are a couple of the delights awaiting you at Vancouver's Chinatown.
		Chinatown has so many eating delicacies, you could go every day for a year and always cook something different.
		It won't be like stepping into a village in China, (Vancouver's Chinatown is much too Westernized for that), but you will experience Chinese people, food, merchandise, customs, and traditions.
	www.findfamilyfun.com /chinatown.htm (765 words)

	Gateway Casinos - Locations - Vancouver
		Parking at Gateway Vancouver is free after 6 pm.
		Gateway Vancouver in Chinatown is the place to come for your favorite table games.
		Chinatown is a major tourist destination in Vancouver and this casino reflects the Chinese community that surrounds it.
	www.gatewaycasinos.com /vancouver.html (329 words)

	Chinatown Vancouver Online
		Mandarin and Cantonese are the mother tongues in 30 per cent of Vancouver homes, which makes Chinese the largest "minority" ethnic group.
		Vancouver's Chinatown is the place to visit for a taste of Chinese culture:
		Bordered by Hastings, Keefer, Gore and Taylor Streets, Chinatown is in the heart of the downtown core.
	www.vancouverchinatown.ca (343 words)

	Vancouver Chinatown :: Play :: Dating, Travel & More
		Vancouver serves up enough highbrow culture to suit the whole spectrum of its cosmopolitan population, with plenty of unusual and avant-garde performances to spice up the more mainstream fare you'd expect of a major North American city.
		For information on the Vancouver arts scene, call the Arts Hotline (684-ARTS or 684-2787) or visit their office at 938 Howe St. The refurbished Orpheum Theatre, 884 Granville at Smithe (665-3050 for information, 280-4444 for tickets), is Vancouver's oldest theatre and headquarters of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
		The western capital of Canada's film industry, Vancouver is increasingly favoured by Hollywood studios in their pursuit of cheaper locations and production deals.
	www.2002china.net /chinatowns/vancouver/playhomee.shtml (636 words)

	Vancouver Chinatown Gate
		Ron Bijok, as Chairman of the Vancouver Heritage Area Planning Committee is heading the promotion of a Gate for Vancouver's Chinatown.
		With the increasing density of surrounding residential neighbourhoods, Chinatown is becoming increasingly important as an urban crossroads in Vancouver.
		Although it would be a strong statement to claim that a project of this nature could “revitalize” Chinatown, if any public intervention of this nature could encourage pride, identity and have a positive impact on Chinatown, the Gate will be that project.
	www.divisionzero.com /architecture/Chinatown_gate.htm (156 words)

	The 6th Vancouver Chinatown Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Annual Vancouver Chinatown Festival is the largest multicultural summer celebration in the neighborhood.
		The attendance of the 5th Vancouver Chinatown Festival was estimated at 38,000 over the two-day event.
		The annual Vancouver Chinatown Festival is one of the major efforts organized by VCBIA with the objective to showcase Chinatown's rich heritage and provide cultural enrichment experiences for locals and tourists with family-oriented entertainment and activities.
	www.vancouver-chinatown.com /events/festival.html (529 words)

	Chinatown Vancouver bc canada tourism history heritage images pictures photographs
		Vancouver's Chinatown district, situated just east of the downtown area, is home to much of the city's history and heritage resources.
		During the 1980's and 1990's as new patterns of immigration emerged Chinatown was faced with losing its role as a geographic and cultural centre for the Chinese community.
		The City of Vancouver along with provincial and federal departments and the local Chinese business and cultural communities have joined to contribute to this initiative.
	www.seechinatown.com (247 words)

	Discover Vancouver Events
		In a society torn apart by the aftermath of war, Kim's journey is a staggering example of the ultimate sacrifice a mother will make for her child.
		Located in the heart of Vancouver’s downtown harbourfront, Canada Place is a landmark facility and a true symbol of Canada.
		Vancouver's annual fireworks held at English Bay are watched by 1.6 million people over the four-night event.
	www.discovervancouver.com /eventcalendar.asp?month=July&year=2005 (2680 words)

	Chinatown, Vancouver, B. C., Canada , Bear's `Chinatown‘, Vancouver, B. C., Canada Page.
		Over fifty percent of the population in the greater Vancouver area is of Asian descent.
		It is mostly a market place for the Oriental population which is scattered around the area and is actually larger than that of San Francisco which is concentrated in their Chinatown.
		Throughout the Vancouver area are hundreds of Chinese restaurants.
	www.bearspage.info /h/tra/ca/bc/va/ch.html (252 words)

	Discover Vancouver Forum - Chinatown
		Posted - 11/29/2004 5:30:00 PM bothers me that the merchants started revitalizing chinatown only when richmond started taking customers away from them.
		Posted - 6/14/2005 10:45:45 AM Chinese community all over Vancouver are Cantonese-speaking dominated regardless of where the group came from.
		In Chinatown, yes the majority of them originated from Guangzhou/Toishan but in places like Richmond, Coquitlam, etc they are dominated mainly by Hong Kong immigrants.
	www.discovervancouver.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8018&whichpage=2 (868 words)

	Vancouver, B.C. neighborshoods - Chinese, Italian, Indo-Canadian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Vancouver's Chinatown is the third largest in North America.
		Owners Gloria and Andy are from Portugal, and offer an interesting array of fresh baked products, from what Vancouver restaurant critics claim to be Vancouver best yellow corn bread, to scones and great oversized 60 cent cookies.
		Originally home to Vancouver's "little Italy," the area is undergoing rapid change as upscale young urbanites flock in.
	www.netpac.com /provenance/vol2no2/travel/trav3.htm (1230 words)

	2010 Cards - Vancouver Canada Gifts
		Sun Yat-Sen Statue, Chinatown, Canada Stock Pr Vancouver's Chinatown is the largest in Canada and the second largest in North America, only San Francisco's Chinatown is somewhat larger.
		Vancouver has a large history of Chinese immigration.
		Initially, Chinese immigrants came to Vancouver to work on roads and railroads.
	www.2010cards.com /freevancard/chinatown.php (116 words)

	Chinatown Vancouver - Reviews on RateItAll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Vancouver has a large Asian population, and always has had.
		It has grown dramatically in the last fifteen years, particularly with Hong Kong emigrees.
		The original Chinatown dates from the late 19th early 20th centuries and is largely shunned by the newcomers.
	www.rateitall.com /i-862035-chinatown.aspx (144 words)

	Upcoming.org: The 6th Vancouver Chinatown Festival at Chinatown (Saturday, August 6, 2005)
		The biggest are the recent activity, social network browsing, and the new token-based API authentication.
		Presented by the non-profit Vancouver Chinatown BIA Society as part of the effort to create a dynamic and sustainable Chinatown community and tourist destination, Chinatown Festival aims to showcase Chinatown’s rich heritage and provide cultural enrichment experiences for locals and tourists with family-oriented entertainment and activities.
		For more information, please contact the Vancouver Chinatown BIA Society at 604-632-3808 or e-mail events@vancouver-chinatown.com.
	upcoming.org /event/22775 (357 words)

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