What is Canary Wharf?
{{Infobox UK place |official_name = The Canary Wharf |region = London |country = England |population = 73,390 | population_ref = (Millwall, Blackwall and Cubitt Town, East India and Lansbury and Limehouse wards 2011 Census) |london_borough = Tower Hamlets |constituency_westminster = [[Poplar and Limehouse (UK Parliament constituency)|Poplar and Limehouse]] |os_grid_reference = TQ375802}} [[ File:Canary Wharf Skyline 2, London UK - Oct 2012.jpg|thumb|Skyline of Canary Wharf, viewed from the west]] [[File:Isle of dogs 1899.jpg|thumb|Map of Canary Wharf area in 1899 showing West India Docks and the Isle of Dogs]] '''Canary Wharf''' is a major [[business district]] in [[Tower Hamlets]], [[East London]]. It is one of the United Kingdom's two main [[financial centre]]s, second only to the traditional [[City of London]]. It contains many of Europe's tallest buildings, including the second-tallest in the UK, [[One Canada Square]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8526857.stm|title=Heron Tower becomes tallest building in The City|access-date=11 November 2010|publisher=BBC News|date= 21 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?countryID=133 |title=United Kingdom list of tallest buildings |publisher=SkyscraperPage.com |access-date=12 January 2009}}</ref> Canary Wharf is located on the [[West India Docks]] on the [[Isle of Dogs]]. ==West India Dock Company== From 1802 to the late 1980s, the Canary Wharf Estate was a part of [[Millwall]], [[Limehouse]] and [[Poplar, London|Poplar]] and was one of the busiest docks in the world. West India Docks was primarily developed by Robert Milligan (c. 1746–1809) who set up the West India Dock Company. After the 1960s, the port industry began to decline, leading to all the docks being closed by 1980.<ref name=Port>[http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConFactFile.83/West-India-Docks.html ''West India Docks (1803–1980) ''] {{Webarchive|u