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 Vancouver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first pavement in British Columbia was the Stanley Park ring road, and was made out of the crushed shells of the large midden at the old native village of Qwhy-qwhy (Lumberman's Arch); it was paved for use by bicycles, which until the introduction of the autmobile later on were a popular form of transportation.
Vancouver is adjacent to the Strait of Georgia, a body of water that is shielded from the Pacific Ocean by Vancouver Island.
However, both the island and the city (and its U.S. counterpart) are named after Royal Navy Captain George Vancouver of Great Britain, who explored the region in 1792.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vancouver   (6270 words)

  
 Argentina encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Argentina politics and officials, Argentinian History. Travel to ...
Argentina has continued to claim sovereignty over the islands, and the dispute was used by the military junta dictatorship as an excuse to invade and briefly occupy the islands before being defeated in the two-month-long undeclared Falklands War in 1982 by a United Kingdom task force which returned the islands to British control.
It is thought this canid was brought to the island by humans, although it may have reached the islands by itself via a land bridge during the last ice age.
The largest company in the islands is the Falkland Islands Company, a publicly quoted company on the London Stock Exchange and responsible for the majority of the economic activity on the islands, though its farms were sold in 1991 to the Falkland Islands Government.
www.argentinaiworld.com /wiki-Falkland_Islands   (3143 words)

  
 Jamaica Holidays, Jamaica Holidays resources
Jamaica is an island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba...
The "island of springs" is a harmonious blend of colourful natural beauty and vibrant culture.
Ease into a holiday on this florid island and you won't be disappointed.
www.jamaicas.co.uk /JamaicaHolidays   (1898 words)

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