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Originally Posted by Vin
4. Vancouveruver Aquarium: technically a Vancouver entity set in a beautiful city parkland, but only possible because of the crown contribution of a vital piece of park land by the then Governor General of Canada, Lord Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, an Englishman. If not for him and other earlier planners, I do not think the Aquarium, which is just a shadow of a larger Stanley Park zoo, will ever exist in this city.
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Wow, I'm surprised you didn't know that The Lord Stanley of Preston didn't like fish. And he was a Conservative politician, not a planner.
Actually, he had nothing to do with creating the park. It was leased to the City by the UK Government in June 1886, and was known then as 'the miltary reserve'. He didn't become Governor General of Canada until 1888.