Welcome to New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Your New Westminster (New Westminster, Burnaby )
area contact is Jim Williams (REMAX ridgemeadows realty.) Please refer to the "Relocating to New Westminister" section to the right for
the phone number and email address to contact Jim directly about the REMAX MLS real estate homes for sale including residential houses,
apartments, condos, duplexes, acreages and farms not listed for sale here.
New Westminster summary
New Westminster is an historically important city in the Greater Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada.
New Westminster is a tiny city located on the Burrard Peninsula, on the north bank of the Fraser River. The city is 19 kilometres (12 miles) southeast of the Vancouver
city proper, adjacent to Burnaby and Coquitlam and across the Fraser River from Surrey. A small portion of New Westminster called Queensborough is located on the eastern
tip of Lulu Island, adjacent to Richmond. The total land area is 15.3 square kilometres.
In 1859, New Westminster was selected as the first capital of the new Colony of British Columbia by Queen Victoria, who named the city after part of London . From this
naming by the Queen, the City gained its official nickname, "The Royal City". A year later it became the first City in British Columbia to have an elected municipal
government. It became a major outfitting point for prospectors coming to the Cariboo gold rush, as all travel to the goldfield ports of Yale and Port Douglas was by
steamboat or canoe up the Fraser River.
In 1866, the colonies of British Columbia and Vancouver Island were united as "British Columbia". However, the capital of the Colony of Vancouver Island, Victoria,
located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, was made the capital of the newly amalgamated Colony of British Columbia.
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