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“To describe the beauties of this region will, on some future occasion, be a very grateful task to the pen of a skilled panegyrist.”
George Vancouver, Journal, 1792
“Vancouver is a very nice place – if you like 400 inches of rainfall a day?”
The X-Files actor, David Duchovny
['The X-Files’ was largely filmed in and around Vancouver]
“Winter in Vancouver was not like any winter I had ever known. No snow, not even anything much in the way of a cold wind.”
Alice Munro, Cortes Island, 1978
"Vancouver is one of those cities, like San Francisco, which are the victims of their glorious settings.”
Jan Morris, City to City, 1990
“Vancouver is an aged city, for only a few days previous to my arrival, the Vancouver Baby – that is, the first child born in Vancouver – had been married.”
Rudyard Kipling, Letter, 1907
“Vancouver is a wonder city? the combined excellence of Nature’s gift and man’s handiwork?the prairie cities are impressive in their extension – fill in houses and they will be wonderful – but Vancouver is wonderful right now.
Stephen Leacock, 1937
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