VANCOUVER THE STORY OF HISTORICAL SOCIETY PROJECT SKIP CONTENT TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTERS INTRODUCTION FORMATION ECONOMIC COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT MOVING GOODS PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT OF NEIGHBOURHOODS HIERARCHIES SOCIAL SOCIAL AND CULTURAL SOURCES CONTACT GEOLOGICAL HISTORY FACE FIRST NATION STAGE SCREEN RACONTEUR MODERN SEAWALL UPLIFTED DRUMLIN STANLEY FLICKR SPACE WAS TO COASTAL THE PRESENT LIES MILLION YEARS AGO UPLIFT CAUSED TECTONIC NEARBY COAST MOUNTAINS LEFT HIGH POINTS QUEEN ELIZABETH PARK THE DOWNTOWN ESCARPMENT DISAPPEARED POINT NEIGHBOURING MOUNTAINS WRAP AROUND ISOLATE FOOTPRINT LOWER FRASER VALLEY THE INTERIOR FORCING LOOK FLOOD PLAIN THE SOUTH DELTA SILTING THOUSAND AREA BURIED KILOMETER SLAB ICE YEARS AGO FIRST NATIONS EXPLOIT RETURNING FLORA SETTLEMENT SNAUQ OLD INDIAN VILLAGE BURRARD BRIDGE LITTLE BOY LISTEN OLD PEOPLE INDIANS SHIP THINK ISLAND DEAD TREES SALMON CATCH NORTH CITY OF VANCOUVER HARVESTING FRASER CANYON RESOURCES THE FUTURE SALISHAN CLAIMS TRADITIONAL TERRITORY SQUAMISH WHOSE HOWE SOUND FALSE CREEK BURRARD INLET MAJOR WHOI THE MOUTH CAPILANO RIVER THE OTHER TWO HALKOMELEM MUSQUEAM TAYLOR CREEK THE NORTH MARRIAGE UNITING THE COMPLEX SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF FIRST PEOPLES ACCUMULATION REDISTRIBUTION WEALTH POTENTIALLY STICKY POLITICAL ISSUES KEPT CHECK ARMED CONFLICT CANOE TREE TRUNK OPPOSITE ARCHIVES TRADE THE COAST DUGOUT CANOES FOOT WAVES EXOTIC DISEASES CONTINENTS REDUCED POPULATION CAUSING NECESSARY CONSOLIDATION FOOD GATHERING GROUP JERICHO KITSILANO INDIAN RESERVE PEOPLES SHIPS FORESTED IMPERIAL MASTERS ENCOUNTERS NATIVES THE PEOPLE WOODEN THE MAP MAKERS ACTIVITY LOGGING THE PATIENT TENDERLY LAID HOURS REMINISCENCES OF PETER HASTINGS MILL MAY 2ND NINE WHITE MEN TURNED OUT ABOUT FIFTEEN FEET ABOUT FIFTY MAY 1932 SCENE SITE DENMAN PHILIP DIED CENTRAL LANDMASS THE FRASER RIVER LITTLE STRATEGIC VALUE MARITIME FUR TRADE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION CONNECT EASTERN NORTH AMERICA THE PACIFIC OCEAN FOCUSED SIMON PERILOUS RIDE DOWN FRASER RULED THE RIVER CONDUIT NORTH WEST COMPANY GOVERNOR GEORGE PERSUADED RULE FORT LANGLEY FUTURE PACIFIC HEADQUARTERS FOR ROLE FORT VANCOUVER THE COLUMBIA RIVER THE NEXT THE FOCUS EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BRITISH THE TERRITORY CREATION THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BRITISH NORTH AMERICA IN LOWER MAINLAND NATURAL GEOGRAPHICAL GOLD RUSH DRAMATICALLY THE NETWORK TRAILS BRIGADE CARRY THE TENS THOUSANDS OUTSIDERS THE GOLD RUSH THE COLONIAL OFFICE LONDON LEAVE CHAOS THE HANDS CHOSE CREATE NEW CROWN COLONY THE MAINLAND HARD ON HEELS DECLARATION IMPOSITION CULTURAL GEOGRAPHIC COLONIAL CAPITAL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA THE ROYAL ENGINEERS SURVEY STRATEGIC MILITARY NEW WESTMINSTER TRAIL BRITISH COLUMBIA BELONGING BRITISH SUBJECTS ACRES OR 65 HECTARES SET ASIDE NATIVE AT 10 MILITARY RESERVES THUS MILITARY GOVERNMENT PLUS DISTRICT LOTS CLAIMED INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS MILITARY RESERVE RICHARD MOODY STRATEGICALLY 1860S WORKERS HASTINGS SAWMILL KILOMETERS THE EAST GRAVEYARD SHORES JUMPERS WIVES SETTLING WEST INDIVIDUALS THE SPRING HAWAIIAN FAMILIES COAL HARBOUR PROSPECTS FAILED EVENTUALLY PARTED CLAIM SOLD ARM SOUTH VANCOUVER BROTHERS PRODUCTIVE VEGETABLE DAIRY FARM CATTLE TOWNSITE SURVEYED IDEAL RESERVE ANTICIPATION RAPID NANAIMO STREET BOUNDARY ROAD GENEROUSLY METER WIDE STREETS RECREATIONAL AREA BOASTED POST COMMERCIAL DRAW THE WEST SPELLED DOOM PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS LOOKING GRANVILLE GRID HOTELS INHABITANTS GASTOWN JACK IRONICALLY BE IN THE MIDDLE SOCIALLY 1870S SAWMILLS BOTH SIDES VARIETY REGION SIXTEEN IMMIGRANT NATIONALITIES SHORE BOOKS THE FORERUNNER VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY BUSINESS TO THE POINT BEAMS SHIPPED THE IMPERIAL PALACE THE RESIDENCES ISAAC JOHN AINSLEY BUILDINGS PRIOR THE GREAT SLOW CATALYST TAKE ROOT CHAPTER NOTES RETURNS OVAL MOUND BOULDER CLAY SMOOTHED GLACIAL CITIES SURREY DISTINCT RELATED LANGUAGES DIALECTS COVERS SOUTHERN IDAHO DIVIDED THE VARIOUS INVOLVE CONSONANT CLUSTERS ROMAN SCRIPT ITSELF INADEQUATE ORTHOGRAPHY COMPLEX SOUNDS OTHER SYMBOLS ATTEMPTS THE LANGUAGE WRITTEN FORM TRANSCRIPTION SALISHAN LANGUAGES EXISTED MUSQUEAM FIRST NATION OWNERSHIP SLAVES CLASS STRUCTURE NORTHERLY SLAVERY LESS POTLATCH SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISPLAY MECHANISM REDRESS REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH SPANISH NAVAL FIRST MATE JOSE MARIA NARVAEZ COMMAND 12 METER SCHOONER SANTA SATURNINA LONGBOAT FRIGATE EXPLORE GEORGIA STRAIT NUESTRA SENORA DEL ROSARIO MEXICAN CREW SOMEONE RECORD TOPOGRAPHY THE FLORA STANDARD ENGLISH GEORGE VANCOUVER JAMES COOK COAST LEADER DISCOVERY EXPLORATION DONE LONGBOATS SPANIARDS POINT GREY HORRIFIED FIND THAT ALREADY THE YEAR BEFORE BRIGHTON GAVE ENGLISH NAMES PUNTA LANGARA BOCA FLORIDA BLANCO ISLA DE ZEPEDA POINT ROBERTS CANAL NUESTRA ROSARIO GEORGIA STRAIGHT KING GEORGE III JAMES PERIOD ROCKY NEVER SEEN THING EQUAL TO CANNOT FIND WORDS DESCRIBE SITUATION HAD TO PASS HUMAN BEING SHOULD LETTERS PAST HOSTILITY FACT TAKEN WITHOUT PERMISSION THE LOCAL INVOLVED UNHAPPY LONGER THOUGHT PRACTICABLE COMMUNICATION