Burnaby is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada.
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17 Facts About Burnaby
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Burnaby was incorporated in 1892 and achieved its city status in 1992.
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Burnaby is the original home to Halkomelem- and Squamish-speaking Central Coast Salish Nations.
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Indigenous people travelled through Burnaby to reach the mouth of Brunette and Fraser River for the bountiful fishing seasons, eulachon in the spring and sockeye salmon in the late summer.
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Settlers in Burnaby acquired land through a process called pre-emption which allowed people to claim a piece of land by clearing forests and building houses.
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Burnaby was previously private secretary to Colonel Richard Moody, the first land commissioner for the Colony of British of Columbia.
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In 1859, Burnaby surveyed a freshwater lake in the city's geographic centre.
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Burnaby was established in 1891 and incorporated a year later in 1892.
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Since the 1970s, Burnaby has seen a decline in resource sectors and a subsequent rise of high value-added services and technology sectors.
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Burnaby has an oceanic climate with mild, dry summers and cool, rainy winters.
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Similar to the Metro Vancouver region, Burnaby has always had diverse ethnic and immigrant communities.
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Metropolis mall located in the Metrotown neighbourhood, the downtown area of Burnaby, is the largest mall in British Columbia with West Vancouver's Park Royal in second place.
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Burnaby is home to multiple museums highlighting the diverse history and culture of the city.
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Burnaby Velodrome hosted the National Junior and U17 Track Championship in 2014.
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Politically, Burnaby has maintained a left-wing city council closely affiliated with the provincial NDP and school board for many years, while sometimes electing more conservative legislators provincially and federally .
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Burnaby voters endorsed his assistant, Bill Siksay, as his replacement in the 2004 Canadian federal election.
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However, Maclean's did note that Burnaby has one of the worst municipal voter turnouts in the country, at 26 percent.
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