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Human settlement in the Lower Fraser region began between 8000 and 10 000 years ago, following the retreat of the Sumas Glacier at the end of the last ice age. [3]: 7 The settlement by peoples now known as the Coast Salish predates the arrival of salmon in the river 4500–5000 years ago, an occurrence that took place symbiotically with the emergence of Douglas fir, western hemlock, and ...
Map of New Westminster District, 1877. Senakw is marked "I.R." ("Indian Reserve") near False Creek. Sen̓áḵw was a seasonal village site of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) people, located at the head of False Creek, an area abundant in natural resources such as cedar, salmon, and shellfish.
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The Burrard Street Bridge (sometimes referred to as the Burrard Bridge) is a four-lane, Art Deco style, steel truss bridge constructed in 1930–1932 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Being fixed, it blocked the flow of marine traffic into False Creek and was replaced in 1905 with a second bridge with a swinging span. After World War II, industry began to leave False Creek, meaning the CPR used the Arbutus Corridor less. The second trestle was demolished in 1982, in anticipation of the World's Fair of 1986 (Expo 86).
The Olympic Village shot from across False Creek, two days before the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Olympics. Preparation and construction of the site began in February 2006. Construction was completed on 1 November 2009 by Millennium Development Group, and turned over to the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic ...
Burrard Inlet (Halkomelem: səl̓ilw̓ət) is a shallow-sided fjord in the northwestern Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada. [1] [2] Formed during the last Ice Age, it separates the City of Vancouver and the rest of the lowland Burrard Peninsula to the south from the coastal slopes of the North Shore Mountains, which span West Vancouver and the City and District of North Vancouver to the ...