Third largest city in Canada and the country's chief Pacific port. Vancouver, on an inlet off the Strait of Georgia opposite Vancouver Island, is the commercial and industrial centre of British Columbia, with fish and other food processing plants, oil refineries and electronics factories. The original town, facing the inner harbor, has grown northwards across the Burrard Inlet, southwards towards Roberts Bank (where new port facilities have been opened) and eastwards to Burnaby and Port Moody.
Vancouver has an excellent year-round harbor and is the western terminus of trans-Canadian railways, roads and airways. The city is famous for its parks: Stanley Park (364 hectares, 900 acres) has specimens of native trees and a zoo. Vancouver's mild climate and picturesque setting, with harbor and mountain views, make it popular with tourists.
Population 1 268 000
The largest island on the Pacific, seaboard (31 285 km2, 12 079 sq miles), separated from the British Columbia mainland by the Strait of Georgia. There are several fine harbors and the interior is rugged and forested, rising to 2200 m (7219 ft) at Golden Hinde. People live mainly on the eastern and southern sides. Created a British Crown Colony in 1849, the island became part of British Columbia in 1866. Coal, iron ore and copper are mined, and timber, fishing and tourism are all sources of income. VICTORIA is the main city.
Locals hypothesize that the legacy of Italian blood and culture in Cologne, colonized by the Romans more than 1500 years ago, makes the people more jovial and lighthearted. Cologne is the largest city on the Rhine.
Kolsch is not only the dialect spoken here but, also the name of their own top-fermented beer. There are more than 4,000 pubs, restaurant's and brewery taverns in Cologne.
Unlike many of the world's large cities, Cologne, with a population of over a million, gets better every day, there are more things to do and see, more new and innovative buildings... more
Travel is an opportunity to learn, whether geography, languages, history or other subjects.
Cologne is situated on the beautiful Rhine River.