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Point Grey was also a shortened name for the Municipality of Point Grey, created in 1908 when it separated from the Municipality of South Vancouver. The municipality's eastern boundary south of 16th Avenue was Cambie Street, and Blanca Street was its eastern boundary north of 16th. Point Grey
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to our villages of c̓əsnaʔəm and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm on the North Arm of the stal̕əw̓ (now called the Fraser River).
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Point Grey. The watchtower ruins still stand and the gun emplacements have been incorporated into the
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Tower Beach was the site of submarine watchtowers and gun emplacements while the UBC campus was
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Ten cast bronze pieces created by Musqueam artist Brent Sparrow, collectively known as
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List of World War II-era fortifications on the British Columbia Coast
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The name Point Grey is often used as a short form for the
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Point Grey (disambiguation)
Halkomelem
headland
English Bay
Burrard Inlet
British Columbia
Wreck Beach
Point Grey Campus
University of British Columbia
World War II
CFB
Museum of Anthropology at UBC
Vancouver
West Point Grey
Captain Vancouver
Captain George Grey
Admiral Don Juan de Langara
City of Vancouver
List of World War II-era fortifications on the British Columbia Coast
"sən̓aʔqʷ • Vancouver Heritage Foundation"
"Musqueam art installation on campus"
Our History
University of British Columbia
British Columbia Place Names
ISBN
0-7748-0636-2
"Item: MAP 80 – Plan of Point Grey Municipality"
49°16′15″N 123°15′44″W / 49.27083°N 123.26222°W / 49.27083; -123.26222 (Point Grey)
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South Coast of British Columbia

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