Steveston
The settlement of Steveston, founded in the 1880s, is a neighbourhood of Richmond in Metro Vancouver. On the southwest tip of Lulu Island, the village is a historic port and salmon canning centre at the mouth of the South Arm of the Fraser River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 25,200 residents
- Description: human settlement in British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Steveston, British Columbia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gulf of Georgia Cannery and Steveston Museum.
Gulf of Georgia Cannery
Museum
The Gulf of Georgia Cannery is a National Historic Site of Canada located in Steveston village in Richmond, British Columbia. Built in 1894, the cannery echoes the days when it was the leading producer of canned salmon in British Columbia.
Steveston Museum
Museum
The Steveston Museum is located at 3811 Moncton Street in the heart of the village of Steveston, British Columbia, Canada. The building is owned by the City of Richmond and is run by the Steveston Historical Society.
Steveston Tram Museum
Museum
The Steveston Tram Museum is a rail museum in Steveston, BC. The museum houses one of seven remaining interurban streetcars that previously operated as part of the BC Electric Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Richmond and Brighouse.
Richmond
Photo: Grotskiii, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Richmond is a riverine city to the south of Vancouver in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. Comprising several islands, the city is protected by a system of dikes from the Fraser River's occasional flooding.
Brighouse
Neighborhood
Brighouse is a neighbourhood that comprises most of the urban core of Richmond in Metro Vancouver. The area includes community facilities, civic offices, Richmond Centre, and the Canada Line Richmond–Brighouse station terminus. Brighouse is situated 5 km northeast of Steveston.
Finn Slough
Neighborhood
Finn Slough is a tiny Fraser River fishing community, sometimes referred to as Tiffin Slough. It is located at the south end of No. 4 Road in the rural Gilmore neighbourhood of Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. Finn Slough is situated 5 km southeast of Steveston.
Steveston
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Richmond, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
49.1337° or 49° 8′ 1″ northLongitude
-123.18143° or 123° 10′ 53″ westPopulation
25,200Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)United Nations Location Code
CA SVNOpen location code
84XR4RM9+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 52556620OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Yue Chinese—“Steveston” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Steveston”
- Chinese: “史提夫斯頓”
- Chinese: “史提夫斯顿”
- Chinese: “斯蒂夫斯顿”
- Chinese: “溫哥華漁人碼頭”
- Dutch: “Steveston, British Columbia”
- French: “Steveston (Colombie-Britannique)”
- German: “Steveston”
- Hebrew: “סטיבסטון”
- Irish: “Steveston”
- Italian: “Steveston”
- Japanese: “スティーブストン”
- Korean: “스티브스턴”
- Russian: “Стивстон”
- Yue Chinese: “史提夫斯頓”
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Localities in the Area
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