Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/New Westminster

NEW WESTMINSTER, a city and former capital of British Columbia; on the Fraser river; 15 miles from its mouth, and 60 miles N. N. E. of Victoria, on the Canadian Pacific, the Great Northern, and the Canadian Northern railways. It has the residences of Episcopal and Roman Catholic bishops, a convent, Roman Catholic and Methodist colleges, the Dominion Penitentiary, Provincial Asylum for the Insane, sawmills, and great salmon-canning establishments. There are also manufactories of wire and nails, gasoline engines, etc. Pop. about 22,000.