Vancouver (disambiguation)

Vancouver (disambiguation)

Vancouver is a city in British Columbia, Canada.

Vancouver may also refer to:

Places

* Vancouver, Washington, USA
** Vancouver Lake, lake in Vancouver, Washington
** Fort Vancouver, 19th-century fur trading post, located in present-day Vancouver, Washington
* Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
* East Vancouver, region within Vancouver, British Columbia
* Mount Vancouver, on the Yukon-Alaska border
* Mount Vancouver, in the Southern Alps on the South Island, New Zealand
* North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, two distinct municipalities in Metro Vancouver
** North Vancouver, British Columbia (city), incorporated 1907
** North Vancouver, British Columbia (district municipality), incorporated 1891
* West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, incorporated 1912, part of Metro Vancouver
* Vancouver Bay, British Columbia, a locality and former cannery town on Jervis Inlet
* Vancouver River, a river emptying into Prince of Wales Reach of Jervis Inlet
* New Vancouver, British Columbia, a Kwakwaka'wakw community on Harbledown Island in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of British Columbia.

People

*George Vancouver, British naval officer and explorer

Vessels

* "Vancouver" (steamboat), a cargo steamer owned and operation by the Hudson's Bay Company
* HMCS "Vancouver" (F6A), Royal Canadian Navy S-class destroyer
* HMCS "Vancouver" (FFH 331), Canadian Forces "Halifax"-class frigate
* USS "Vancouver" (LPD-2), US Navy "Raleigh"-class amphibious transport dock

Other

* Vancouver (electoral districts)
* Vancouver Expedition, five-year voyage commanded by George Vancouver in 1791
* Vancouver system, style of referencing
* Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers, 1960s-vintage Motown band
* Vancouver (Matthew Good album), forthcoming album by Canadian musician Matthew Good


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