Leaving Vancouver

JUNE 13, 2014: Vancouver, officially the City of Vancouver, is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It the eighth largest Canadian municipality. Vancouver is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities in Canada. The original settlement, named Gastown, grew around the Hastings Mill logging sawmill and a nearby tavern, both established in 1867. Enlarging to become the townsite of Granville, with the announcement that the railhead would reach the site it was renamed "Vancouver" and incorporated as a city in 1886. As of 2009, Port Metro Vancouver is the busiest and largest port in Canada, and the most diversified port in North America. Vancouver is consistently named as one of the top five worldwide cities for livability and quality of life, and the Economist Intelligence Unit acknowledged it as the first city to rank among the top-ten of the world's most liveable cities for five consecutive years.