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Vernon is a city in the Okanagan region of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Named after Forbes George Vernon, a former MLA of British Columbia who helped found the famed Coldstream Ranch in nearby Coldstream, the City of Vernon was incorporated on December 30, 1892. The City of Vernon has a population of 40,000 (2013), while its metropolitan region, Greater Vernon, has a population of 58,584 as of the Canada 2011 Census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/popdwell/Table.cfm?T=303&CMA=918&S=0&O=A&RPP=25 )〕 With this population, Vernon is the largest city in the North Okanagan Regional District. A resident of Vernon is called a "Vernonite". In 2005, on an episode of ''The Early Show'', Vernon was ranked as one of the top six most desirable communities to retire to in North America by ''Consumer Reports''. ==History== The site of the city was first discovered by the Okanagan people, a tribe of the Interior Salish people, who initially named the community Nintle Moos Chin, meaning "jumping over place where the creek narrows", which refers to a section of the Swan Lake that passes through Downtown Vernon, the community's central business district. Some of these were part of the Okanagan Indian Band,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Culture & History )〕 a First Nations government part of the Okanagan Nation Alliance.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Okanagan Nation Alliance )〕 This was followed by Priest's Valley, which serves as an Indian reserve, and its present name, in honour of Forbes George Vernon, a pioneer member part of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Yale.〔 The Okanagan people settled around the city's two lakes, Okanagan Lake and Swan Lake, in addition to its creeks, obtaining seasonal sources of food throughout years in the 1950s.〔 In that same decade, a section of a road near Fort Kamloops became its first road.〔 Pleasant Valley Road, situated north of that street, was also historically developed.〔 In 1811, fur traders began traveling around the area, after one of these, David Stuart, began working with the Pacific Fur Company, which was bought out by the North West Company; Luc Girouard became the first white settler.〔 However, the North West Company was forced merger with the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821. A number of fur traders decided to camp in Vernon, which started to develop in 1863, following a gold discovery at the Cherry Creek, Monashee Mountains, Mission Creek and east side of the Okanagan Lake.〔 After the development began, numerous ranches were constructed. Centreville, the community's original central business district, was formed in 1885.〔 That same year, a post office, hotel, general store and school house was constructed.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Main Street )〕 A Hudson's Bay Company store was formed in 1887, in a rough wooden structure.〔 A major economic hub destination in the Okanagan historically, Vernon was home to many cattle ranches and fruit orchard areas, attracting British families near it.〔 Vernon's growth was in the process of expansion beginning in 1891, after the Canadian Pacific Railway was opened in the Okanagan and Shuswap regions of the British Columbia Interior, connecting in Sicamous, a town in the Shuswap area; services by this railway were offered to Vernon by 1891, in addition to its neighbourhood of Okanagan Landing.〔 Shortly after, the stern-wheeler ''S.S. Aberdeen'' was launched by the Canadian Pacific Railway for use on Okanagan Lake in 1893 connecting Vernon to Penticton at the south end of Okanagan Lake, and points between.〔 Fruit trees were planted in Vernon, which first grew by the early 1890s, while water supplies were shipped to the community by canal in 1906 for use at local orchard or farm areas.〔 In 1908, the Okanagan Mounted Rifles military program was formed in it, thus bringing a number of people to the area during World War I and World War II for lessons.〔 Vernon was incorporated as a city on December 30, 1892, with a city hall formed in 1903 for the governing body, which included a fire hall and a public reading space.〔 The following year, it was declared the largest municipality in the Okanagan and first of which to contain a bank and telephone.〔 As population expanded, more services were made available at Vernon, while its city centre switched from Coldstream Road to 30th Avenue.〔 A school and Vernon Jubilee Hospital were public services made available in 1909.〔 Despite a growth drop during World War I, citizens voted to open a new high school, sports stadium, and, later, a shopping mall, Village Green Centre, and library, in the city.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vernon, British Columbia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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