North Vancouver, British Columbia (city)

The City of North Vancouver, British Columbia, is a waterfront municipality on the North Shore of Burrard Inlet. Although it has significant industry of its own, including shipping, chemical production, and film production, the City of North Vancouver is usually regarded as a suburb of Vancouver. With a population in 2001 of 44,303, the City of North Vancouver is ranked number 94 in Wikipedia's List of the 100 largest cities in Canada by population. (Its population in 2005 is 48,000 ^*.)

Geography

The City of North Vancouver is separated from Vancouver by the Burrard Inlet. It is surrounded on three sides by the District of North Vancouver.

The City of North Vancouver is relatively densely populated with a number of residential high rise buildings in the lower Lonsdale Portion.

The City has much in common with the District Municipality of North Vancouver and West Vancouver. Together these three municipalities are commonly referred to as the North Shore. The differences between the two "North Vans" are most apparent to their respective residents. For the most part, other Lower Mainland residents rarely distinguish between the District and the City, referring to both collectively as "North Vancouver".

Transportation

The City of North Vancouver is connected to Vancouver by two bridges; the Lions' Gate Bridge and the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, and also by a passenger only ferry, the SeaBus. This system as well as the bus system in North Vancouver is operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company, an operating company of Translink. The hub of the bus system is Lonsdale Quay, location of the SeaBus terminal.

The main street in the City is Lonsdale Avenue. This street begins at Lonsdale Quay and goes North to 29th Street where it continues in the District of North Vancouver, ending at Rockland Road.

Highway 1, part of the Trans-Canada Highway (often referred to as the "Upper Levels Highway") passes through the northern portion of the City. It is a freeway for its entire length within the City of North Vancouver. There are three interchanges on Highway 1 within the City of North Vancouver: