Burrard Inlet
The Burrard Inlet is a fjord in the extreme southwest of the Canadian province of British Columbia that was formed during the Vistula Glaciation (Wisconsin Glacial Period) . It separates the city of Vancouver and the rest of the flat Burrard Peninsula in the south from the mountain slopes of the North Shore Mountains , on which West Vancouver , the city of North Vancouver and the North Vancouver district lie.
Captain George Vancouver named the fjord after his friend Sir Harry Burrard in June 1792 . The bay was named Brazo de Floridablanca after a befriended Spanish statesman by the Spanish explorer Francisco de Eliza y Reventa on his voyage of discovery in 1791 .
The Indian tribes of the Squamish and the Tsleil-waututh , both of which belong to the Salish group , have lived here for over a thousand years .
geography
The fjord runs almost exactly in an easterly direction from the Strait from Georgia to Port Moody , both banks are urban. About two thirds of its length a branch branches off to the north, the Indian Arm . From Point Atkinson and Point Gray in the west to Port Moody in the east, the fjord is around 25 kilometers long, the Indian Arm extends over 20 kilometers into the Coast Mountains . At its widest point, Burrard Inlet is around three kilometers wide.
Three bridges lead over the Burrard Inlet. These are the Lions Gate Bridge (built in 1938), the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing (1960) and the Second Narrows Bridge on the Canadian National Railway . The SeaBus ferry also operates between Vancouver and North Vancouver .
port
The calm waters, protected from the open sea by the Burrard Peninsula , form the most important part of the port of Vancouver and are easily accessible to large cargo ships. Although some parts of the coastline are bordered by residential and commercial zones, industrial zones with port facilities, freight yards, terminals for container and bulk carriers, grain silos and (at the eastern end) oil refineries clearly dominate.
Along the main fjord, some forest areas have been preserved in their original state. The banks of the Indian Arm, on the other hand, are so steep that, despite their relative proximity to a large city, they have not yet been built on.
Web links
- Burrard Inlet . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Andrew Scott: The Encyclopedia Of Raincoast Places Names: A Complete Reference to Coastal British Columbia . Habour Publishing, Madeira Park (BC) 2009, ISBN 978-1-55017-484-7 , pp. 95 (English).
Coordinates: 49 ° 18 ′ N , 123 ° 1 ′ W