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Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations' peoples
1778 - Captain James Cook landed at Friendly Cove on Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island
1792- Captain George Vancouver sailed the Strait of Juan de Fuca
1793- Alexander Mackenzie of the Northwest Company reached the Pacific after crossing the mountains from the East
1808 - Simon Fraser of the Northwest Company navigated the Fraser River, named after him, to the Pacific Ocean
1821 - Northwest and Hudson's Bay Companies merged - had many forts, agricultural intests and settlements in the area that would become Greater Vancouver
1858 - gold discovered in the Lower Fraser River - the California Gold Rush moved north
1850's - gold discovered in the Cariboo - another Gold Rush
1865 - more gold found near Revelstoke
1866 - BC and Vancouver Island colonies united
1871 - BC joined Confederation of Canadian provinces
1885 - the last spike pounded in for the Canadian Pacific Railway
1886 - the first transcontinental train arrived in Port Moody
1908 - UBC founded
1914 - Panama Canal opened and Vancouver became an important west coast port
1915 - Granville Island created from silt from False Creek
1925 - first Second Narrows Bridge built
1937 - Lions Gate Bridge built
1939 - second Second Narrows Bridge built
Vancouver emerged as a major port in the 20th century - 3000 ships from 90 nations visit annually
1990's to present time - real estate boom and large numbers of Asian immigrants arrive