Steveston
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Steveston is a historic fishing village in Richmond, British Columbia, known for its once-thriving Japanese Canadian community and its role in the West Coast salmon canning industry.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Steveston canonical | 2 |
| Steveston fishing village | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4411915 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steveston Context triple: [Japanese Canadians, historicalCommunity, Steveston]
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A.
Kitsilano
Kitsilano is a vibrant Vancouver neighborhood known for its popular beach, laid-back lifestyle, and scenic views of English Bay and the North Shore mountains.
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B.
Coquitlam
Coquitlam is a suburban city in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, known for its rapid growth, residential communities, and extensive parks and natural areas.
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C.
Oak Bay
Oak Bay is a coastal residential municipality on the southern tip of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, known for its scenic shoreline, heritage homes, and proximity to downtown Victoria.
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D.
Streetsville
Streetsville is a historic village-like community in northwestern Mississauga, Ontario, known for its preserved main street, small-town charm, and annual festivals.
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E.
Yaletown
Yaletown is a trendy, revitalized waterfront district in downtown Vancouver known for its converted warehouses, upscale restaurants, boutiques, and vibrant nightlife.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steveston Target entity description: Steveston is a historic fishing village in Richmond, British Columbia, known for its once-thriving Japanese Canadian community and its role in the West Coast salmon canning industry.
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A.
Kitsilano
Kitsilano is a vibrant Vancouver neighborhood known for its popular beach, laid-back lifestyle, and scenic views of English Bay and the North Shore mountains.
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B.
Coquitlam
Coquitlam is a suburban city in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, known for its rapid growth, residential communities, and extensive parks and natural areas.
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C.
Oak Bay
Oak Bay is a coastal residential municipality on the southern tip of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, known for its scenic shoreline, heritage homes, and proximity to downtown Victoria.
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D.
Streetsville
Streetsville is a historic village-like community in northwestern Mississauga, Ontario, known for its preserved main street, small-town charm, and annual festivals.
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E.
Yaletown
Yaletown is a trendy, revitalized waterfront district in downtown Vancouver known for its converted warehouses, upscale restaurants, boutiques, and vibrant nightlife.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fishing village
ⓘ
neighbourhood ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalEvent |
Canada Day celebrations
NERFINISHED
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Steveston Salmon Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| daylightSavingTimeZone |
Pacific Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Daylight Time
|
| developedFrom | late 19th century fishing settlement ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
recreational fishing
ⓘ
retail and hospitality ⓘ |
| governingBody | Richmond City Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicCommunity | Japanese Canadian community ⓘ |
| hasHeritageSite |
Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gulf of Georgia Cannery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMarina | Steveston Harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMuseum | Steveston Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPark | Garry Point Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPostalCodePrefix | V7E ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic fishing village ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | internment of Japanese Canadians during World War II ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
Japanese Canadian history
ⓘ
West Coast salmon canning industry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steveston Fisherman’s Wharf NERFINISHED ⓘ fishing industry ⓘ historic waterfront ⓘ salmon canneries ⓘ seafood restaurants ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Richmond, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
British Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Metro Vancouver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Strait of Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Fraser River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | City of Richmond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfRegion | Lower Mainland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryIndustryHistorical |
commercial fishing
ⓘ
salmon canning ⓘ |
| timeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| tourismAttraction |
boardwalk and waterfront paths
ⓘ
marinas ⓘ whale-watching tours ⓘ |
| transportationAccess | served by Richmond public transit ⓘ |
| usedAsFictionalSettingName | Storybrooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsFilmLocationFor | Once Upon a Time (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Steveston Description of subject: Steveston is a historic fishing village in Richmond, British Columbia, known for its once-thriving Japanese Canadian community and its role in the West Coast salmon canning industry.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Richmond, British Columbia