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Burnaby Spartans
Burnaby is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. Located in the centre of the Burrard Peninsula, it neighbours the City of Vancouver to the west, the District of North Vancouver across the confluence of the Burrard Inlet with its Indian Arm to the north, Port Moody and Coquitlam to the east, New Westminster and Surrey across the Fraser River to the southeast, and Richmond on Lulu Island to the southwest. It has a population of 249,125 as of the 2021 census. Burnaby was incorporated in 1892 and achieved its city status in 1992. A member municipality of Metro Vancouver, it is British Columbia's third-largest city by population (after Vancouver and Surrey), and is the seat of Metro Vancouver's regional district government. 25% of Burnaby's land is designated as parks and open spaces, one of the highest in North America. The main campuses of Simon Fraser University and the British Columbia Institute of Technology are located in Burnaby. It is home to h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metrotown, Burnaby
Metrotown is a town centre serving the southwest quadrant of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. It is one of the city's four officially designated town centres, as well as one of Metro Vancouver's regional town centres. It is the central business district of the City of Burnaby. As officially defined by the City of Burnaby, the town centre is bounded on the west by Boundary Road (taking in Central Park (Burnaby), Central Park), on the south by Imperial Street, on the east by Royal Oak Avenue, and on the north by a series of local streets (Thurston, Bond, Grange and Dover streets), giving an area of . Kingsway (Vancouver), Kingsway forms the central commercial spine for the neighbourhood, and is paralleled to the south by the SkyTrain (Vancouver), SkyTrain tracks running alongside Central Boulevard. The area is served by Patterson station (SkyTrain), Patterson and Metrotown station, Metrotown SkyTrain stations, while Royal Oak station (SkyTrain), Royal Oak station sits just beyond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
