Coal Harbor ( English Coal Harbor , Coal Harbor) is the name of a part of the Burrard Bay water area, located between the downtown of the Canadian city of Vancouver and the peninsula on which Stanley Park is located. Also called Coal Harbor is an urban area adjacent to the harbor from the south.
Geographical object, conventionally delimiting the harbor and Burrard Bay, is Dead Island .
On the lands adjacent to Koal Harbor, as well as on Mertvets Island, there were originally settlements of one of the indigenous tribes of the North-West Coast - the Squamish people.
In 1862, outcrops of coal were seen in the steep, steep banks of the bay. Three enterprising English immigrants bought vast, uninhabited, densely plots of land here, intending to start production of pottery from specific types of clay that were present in coal seams (coal itself turned out to be of poor quality and unsuitable for use). The business did not go with them, but it was this initiative that became the starting point for the development of the territory.
Since 1887, the Vancouver Rowing Club has been operating in the harbor.
In 1903, the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club was founded in Coal Harbor.