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A. Maberry maberry at U.WASHINGTON.EDU
Tue Jun 11 16:06:18 UTC 2002


On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, James A. Landau wrote:
>
> Vancouver is the guy they named an ISLAND after.  When the Canadian Pacific
>Railroad selected their Pacific terminus, they needed a name for it, so
>they
>arbitrarily stole the name of the island as being the most recognizable
>name
>in the area. This is why the city of Vancouver is NOT on Vancouver
Island.


Also Fort Vancouver and the city of Vancouver, Washington.

allen
maberry at u.washington.edu



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