Nanaimo is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia,Canada. As of the 2016 census,it had a population of 90,504. It is known as "The Harbour City". The city was previously known as the "Hub City",which has been attributed to its original layout design where the streets radiated out from the shoreline like the spokes of a wagon wheel,as well as its generally centralized location on Vancouver Island. Nanaimo is also the headquarters of the Regional District of Nanaimo.
RCMPVSt. Roch is a Royal Canadian Mounted Police schooner,the first ship to completely circumnavigate North America,and the second vessel to transit the Northwest Passage. She was the first ship to complete the Northwest Passage in the west to east direction,using the same route that Amundsen on the sailing vessel Gjøa had traversed east to west,38 years earlier.
The Vancouver Maritime Museum is a maritime museum devoted to presenting the maritime history of Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada,and the Canadian Arctic. Opened in 1959 as a Vancouver centennial project,it is located within Vanier Park just west of False Creek on the Vancouver waterfront. The museum is affiliated with CMA,CHIN,and Virtual Museum of Canada.
West Vancouver-Capilano is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,Canada.
HMCS Cape Breton was a Royal Canadian Navy Cape-class maintenance ship. Originally built for the Royal Navy as HMS Flamborough Head in 1944,she was transferred in 1952. Upon her commissioning she was the second ship to bear the name Cape Breton. She served operationally from 1953–1964,when she was laid up. She was used as a floating machine shop until the late-1990s,before being sold for use as an artificial reef off the coast of British Columbia.
Royal Roads is a roadstead or anchorage located in Strait of Juan de Fuca near the entrance to Esquimalt Harbour in Greater Victoria,British Columbia,Canada.
The Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia (ARSBC) is a registered non-profit society based in Vancouver,British Columbia (BC),and is a registered tax-deductible charity in Canada.
The Squamish Nation,Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Sníchim,is an Indian Act government originally imposed on the Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh) by the Federal Government of Canada in the late 19th century. The Squamish are Indigenous to British Columbia,Canada. Their band government comprises 16 elected councillors,serving four-year terms,with an elected band manager. Their main reserves are near the town of Squamish,British Columbia and around the mouths of the Capilano River,Mosquito Creek,and Seymour River on the north shore of Burrard Inlet in North Vancouver,British Columbia.
The Zigong Dinosaur Museum is located near the city of Zigong,Sichuan,China,in the township of Dashanpu.
The Beatty Street Drill Hall is a Canadian Forces armoury located at 620 Beatty Street in Vancouver,British Columbia. It is the home of The British Columbia Regiment,an armoured reconnaissance reserve regiment,the oldest military unit in Vancouver,and the most senior militia in the province.
Victoria Harbour is a harbour,seaport,and seaplane airport in the Canadian city of Victoria,British Columbia. It serves as a cruise ship and ferry destination for tourists and visitors to the city and Vancouver Island. It is both a port of entry and an airport of entry for general aviation. Historically it was a shipbuilding and commercial fishing centre. While the Inner Harbour is fully within the City of Victoria,separating the city's downtown on its east side from the Victoria West neighbourhood,the Upper Harbour serves as the boundary between the City of Victoria and the district municipality of Esquimalt. The inner reaches are also bordered by the district of Saanich and the town of View Royal. Victoria is a federal "public harbour" as defined by Transport Canada. Several port facilities in the harbour are overseen and developed by the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority,however the harbour master's position is with Transport Canada.
The Hunan Museum is the provincial museum of Hunan,China. It was built in 1951 and opened to the public in July 1956. It is located in the provincial capital Changsha at No. 50,Dongfeng Lu next to the Revolutionary Martyr's Park.
The Seaforth Armoury is a Canadian Forces armoury located at 1650 Burrard Street in Vancouver,British Columbia. It is the home of The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada,a Primary Reserve Infantry unit. The building was designed by the architectural firm of McCarter and Nairne,and is now listed as a Class A Heritage Building.
The Hubei Provincial Museum is one of the best known museums in China,with a large amount of state-level historic and cultural relics. Established in 1953,the museum moved to its present location in 1960 and gained its present name in 1963. Since 1999 a number of new buildings have been added. The museum received 1,992,512 visitors in 2017.
The Liaoning Provincial Museum is a prominent museum of history and fine arts located in Shenyang,the capital of China's Liaoning province.
Military Museum Station is an interchange station on Line 1 and Line 9 of the Beijing Subway. It located near the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution. Line 9 did not stop at this station until 21 December 2013.
Chinese Canadians are a sizable part of the population in Greater Vancouver,especially in the Chinese communities in the city of Vancouver and the adjoining suburban city of Richmond. The legacy of Chinese immigration is prevalent throughout the Vancouver area.
The Women's Military Band of the PLA National Defense University is a Chinese military band that uniquely consists of only female cadets at the PLA National Defence University,where it serves as the official cadet band. It was established in September 1987 as the only purely female military band of People's Liberation Army (PLA) to greet foreign delegations. In its first 25 years of existence,it had visited over 100 countries and had since 2008,the duty of performing for visiting high-ranking officials to the NDU. This tradition began during the visit of NATO Deputy Chief of Staff to the NDU that year. It has officially been praised as "the best amateur military band of the PLA" by the Central Military Commission. The band drum major serves as one of the deputy directors of the joint-military band during military parades such as those on the National Day Parade on 1 October. In January 2016,the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution awarded the band and specifically the bands leadership for their role in the joint-military massed band that was present during the 2015 China Victory Day Parade the previous September as it was the first time any female soldiers had been part of the massed bands. Despite being part of the NDU,the band,like all other Chinese military bands,fall under the supervision of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission.
Wenzhou Museum is a museum run by the city of Wenzhou,located on Shifu Road,Lucheng District.
