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A 120m aerial view overlooking New Denver, British Columbia alongside Slocan Lake. Founded in 1892, it became incorporated in 1929 & has a population of 473 as of 2016. The town was originally called Slocan City for a month, then Eldorado City for about seven months, then New Denver after nearby silver mines operated, reflecting on the silver mines east of Denver, Colorado.
During World War II, the community was one of nine West Kootenay internment centres for Japanese Canadians (following removal from the BC Coast). By 1942 the camp held 1,505 Japanese Canadians who built 275 shacks in a fruit grove known as the "Orchard." The location today is a museum called Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre.
More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Denver
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The capital of Canada is Ottawa, in the province of Ontario. There are offically ten provinces and three territories in Canada, which is the second largest country in the world in terms of land area.While politically and legally an independant nation, the titular head of state for Canada is still Queen Elizabeth.On the east end of Canada, you have Montreal as the bastion of activity. Montreal is famous for two things, VICE magazine and the Montreal Jazz Festival. One is the bible of hipster life (disposable, of course) and the other is a world-famous event that draws more than two million people every summer. Quebec is a French speaking province that has almost seceded from Canada on several occasions, by the way..When you think of Canada, you think of . . . snow, right?But not on the West Coast. In Vancouver, it rains. And you'll find more of the population speaking Mandarin than French (but also Punjabi, Tagalog, Korean, Farsi, German, and much more).Like the other big cities in Canada, Vancouver is vividly multicultural and Vancouverites are very, very serious about their coffee.Your standard Vancouverite can be found attired head-to-toe in Lululemon gear, mainlining Cafe Artigiano Americanos (spot the irony for ten points).But here's a Vancouver secret only the coolest kids know: the best sandwiches in the city aren't found downtown. Actually, they're hidden in Edgemont Village at the foot of Grouse Mountain on the North Shore."It's actually worth coming to Canada for these sandwiches alone." -- Michelle Superle, VancouverText by Steve Smith.