New Westminster was founded in 1859 as Queensborough. It was the capital of British Columbia, until Victoria was made capital after the union of British Columbia and Vancouver Island in 1866.
New Westminster is a year-round port, with an excellent harbor that is the base of the Fraser River fishing fleet and a shipping point for grain, lumber, minerals and canned goods. The city's industries include salmon, fruit and vegetable canneries, as well as distilleries, breweries, oil refineries, shipbuilding plants and paper, lumber and flour mills. New Westminster is home to Columbia and Saint Louis colleges and Anglican and Roman Catholic cathedrals.
Accommodation and restaurants are available in town. New Westminster is on the Fraser River in the southwest of British Columbia, 90 km northeast from Victoria and 3520 km west from Ottawa. The city is part of metropolitan Vancouver.
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