Richmond
Richmond (population: 174,461), "The Island City," is situated on a group of islands at the mouth of the Fraser River, just off the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. Almost all of the city's infrastructure exists on its two main islands, Lulu Island and Sea Island. Richmond is sometimes referred to as "The Gateway to British Columbia" because it's home to the Vancouver International Airport, is just a 30-minute drive from the Canada/U.S. border and is next door to the metropolis of Vancouver. Once a fishing, canning and agricultural centre, Richmond is now a modern, multicultural city with a mix of urban, suburban and rural settings. It has more than 90 parks, an extensive recreational trail system and a wide variety of recreational amenities and cultural facilities.
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Richmond is best known for its excellent Asian restaurants and markets (nearly 60 percent of the population is of Chinese or South Asian ancestry), for the charming Historic Fishing Village of Steveston and for rare and diverse natural settings that support a wide variety of flora and fauna.
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