Vancouver British Columbia Canada Stoneware Coffee Mug. Reads: "Vancouver, In the short span of 100 years, Vancouver has grown from the ashes of a brush fire to become Canada's third largest city and the gateway to the Pacific Rim and the Orient. Host city to the 1986 World Exposition, Vancouver is set within a natural beauty of mountains and ocean. It is full of excitement, colour and ethnic variety. Vancouver: ' The World in a City'. " Graphics are printed on both sides.