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Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport in the southwest corner of British Columbia Canada, located on the Pacific Coast between the Strait of Georgia and the Coast Mountains
Metro Vancouver is made up of 5 municipalities to the east,
Burnaby
, New Westminster,
Coquitlam
, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody.
Two more municipalities are to the north of Vancouver, separated by Burrard Inlet, West Vancouver and
North Vancouver
also known as the North Shore and home to some of Vancouver's most popular attractions Grouse Mountain and Capilano Suspension Bridge.
To the south of Vancouver
Richmond
home of the Vancouver Airport
YVR
, Delta, Surrey, White Rock and Langley municipalities.
Thirty-eight kilometres (24 miles) south of downtown Vancouver is the
Canadian Border -US border
.
Across the Strait of Georgia and 96 km (60 miles) to the south-west is British Columbia's capital city of
Victoria
, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island.
If you head North out of Vancouver, and home to the 2010 Winter Olympics you will find Whistler and Blackcomb Mountain and the quaint Ski Resort of
Whistler Village
.
The
Downtown
business and shopping core of Vancouver is on a smaller peninsula, with Burrard Inlet on the north, English Bay on the west and
False Creek
on the south.