Known for its community spirit, Renfrew-Collingwood is a family-oriented community on the slopes of east Vancouver. The area is bounded by Broadway and the Lougheed Highway on the north, Nanaimo to the west, 41st Avenue and Kingsway on the south, and Boundary Road to the east.

Did You Know?

The first business in Collingwood was the Collingwood Inn, built around 1890 on Kingsway just east of today's Joyce Street. The roadhouse catered to the stagecoaches travelling along Kingsway between Gastown and New Westminster.

Bus service along Kingsway began in 1925. Drivers defrosted windows with a row of lighted candles along the base of the windshield.

The 1946 2400 Motel on Kingsway near Nanaimo is a popular film location and has been used in an episode of the X-files.

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