WELCOME TO THE ROYAL CITY
As the oldest city in western Canada, New Westminster has a long and rich history. In 1859, the Royal Engineers arrived from England to establish the first capital of the new colony of British Columbia.
The chosen site was selected both for its beauty and strategic location on the Fraser River.
New Westminster (also called "New West") is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of Metro Vancouver. It was founded by Major-General Richard Moody as the capital of the new-born Colony of British Columbia in 1858, and continued in that role until the Mainland and Island Colonies were merged in 1866, and was the Mainland's largest city from that year until it was passed in population by Vancouver during the first decade of the 20th century.
Why is New Westminster The Royal City?
New Westminster was named by Queen Victoria after her favourite neighbourhood in England - Westminster. The Queen proclaimed it the Royal City and declared New West the capital of the new colony of British Columbia until it lost its title to the City of Victoria in the late 1860s.
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