Vancouver Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
largest city in British Columbia, Canada
About Vancouver
While Vancouver is a comparatively young city, founded in 1867, its history begins long before. The Coast Salish indigenous peoples (First Nations) have lived in the area for at least 6,000 years. The present city's namesakeCaptain George Vancouversailed through the First Narrows on 13 June 1792, naming Burrard Inlet after his friend Sir Harry Burrard. The first settlement on the downtown peninsula wasGranville, on the spot of today'sGastown. In 1867, the year ofCanada's confederation, a saloon was built on this site and gave birth to a small shantytown of bars and stores, adjacent to the original mill, on the south shore of what is now the city's harbour. A seemingly endless supply of high-quality lumber was logged and sold through the ports of Gastown and Moodyville, across the inlet. S
Top Attractions in Vancouver
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- ★Simon Fraser Red Leafs
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