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HMS Discovery was the lead ship used by George Vancouver.In 1792, his expedition charted several points and inlets, including Point Grey and Burrard Inlet.. Spanish Captain José María Narváez was the first European to explore the Strait of Georgia in 1791.
1927 – Charles Lindbergh refuses to include Vancouver in his North American tour because of the lack of a proper airport. Two years later, the city purchases land on Sea Island for aviation purposes; it is now the location of Vancouver International Airport. 1929 – Vancouver amalgamates with the municipalities of Point Grey and South Vancouver.
Vancouver's Hong Kong Chinese population has produced several Cantopop stars across the Hong Kong entertainment industry. Similarly, various Indo-Canadian artists and actors have a profile in Bollywood or other aspects of India's entertainment industry. Vancouver has a vibrant nightlife scene, whether food and dining or bars and nightclubs.
The first European visitors to present-day British Columbia were Spanish sailors and other European sailors who sailed for the Spanish crown. There is some evidence that the Greek-born Juan de Fuca, who sailed for Spain and explored the West coast of North America in the 1590s, might have reached the passageway between Washington State and Vancouver Island – today known as the Strait of Juan ...
The Fraser Street area was a point of settlement for the German community, [2] and it was called "Little Germany" from the 1940s through the 1960s. [4] An area of Vancouver along Robson Street received the name "Robsonstrasse" after World War II because it had a number of German restaurants, including delicatessens and pastry shops, established by new German immigrants.
29th Battalion, (Vancouver), CEF; 158th Battalion (The Duke of Connaught's Own), CEF; 231st Battalion (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada), CEF; 1886 Vancouver anti-Chinese riots; 1918 Vancouver general strike; 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games; 1987 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
In 2023, Louisiana broke ground on a restoration project that will reconnect the Mississippi River with its wetlands, the single-largest ecosystem restoration project in U.S. history to date, per ...
Vancouver BC 49°15′44″N 123°08′56″W / 49.2623°N 123.149°W / 49.2623; -123.149 ( Lord Tennyson Elementary Vancouver municipality ( 11305 )
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