Seaforth Highlanders of Canada lined up on the Canadian Pacific Railway (C.P.R.) Pier B-C for the arrival of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The troops are in full scarlet dress with feather bonnets and kilts. With the expanding trans-Pacific trade, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) needed to upgrade its wharf space in Burrard Inlet, Vancouver. By 1910 the volume of trade had increased such that a second generation of crack ocean liners were built. As such the small, utilitarian facilities had been outgrown. A very large, two decked freight and passenger terminal was built in 1927. This was CPR Pier B and C. Pier A sat immediately to the west and was generally a single decked freight wharf. B and C was the pre-eminent terminal with a Spanish style, First Class lounges, and dock-cranes. Gantries and access ramps were also included to allow cars and foot traffic to cross the expanding rail yards at the foot of Granville Street. Pier B and C sat adjacent to the new CPR Station at Granville Street. It was the premiere wharf on the Pacific shore of Canada-customs and immigration buildings sat nearby to control marine traffic and trade. The Pier was used for many years until 1970 when the CPR sold its passenger fleet. The wharf was then gutted and the Brutalist tower built at 50 Granville St. In the process the pier was sold to the Government of Canada, which erected the Teflon sails of Canada Place for Expo 86.