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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 ...
Granville Island Brewing Co. is a beer company founded on Granville Island in 1984, but whose main base of operations was moved to Kelowna, British Columbia sometime later. In 2009 it was purchased by Molson's Brewery and continues to brew small batches of its varieties at the original Granville Island brewing site.
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In 1989, it was sold to the wine conglomerate Andrew Peller Ltd. In 2009, it was bought by Creemore Springs, a subsidiary of Molson Coors, [1] which in 2016, became the third largest beer corporation in the world. [2] Of brewers with locations in British Columbia, Granville is the seventh largest based on sales to the BC Liquor Distribution ...
The Parallel 49 Brewing Company headquarters is located in East Vancouver.The brewery includes Parallel 49's tasting room and restaurant which features up to 40 taps of craft beer, a full kitchen inside of a stationary food truck, and a beer store with 20 taps that accommodates growler refills. [4]
The Cyquabus I was designed and assembled in 1995 by owner Jeff Pratt in his backyard from pieces made to his specifications by Aggressive Tube Bending of Burnaby, British Columbia. [5] Cyquabus I was decommissioned in the fourth quarter of 2010 following 15 years of service on False Creek as the Aquabus' first bicycle ferry.
False Creek Ferries, a division of Granville Island Ferries Ltd, [3] is a privately owned and operated ferry service that operates on False Creek near downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The False Creek Ferry fleet has grown from the four electric ferries that formed the company to a fleet that now consists of 17 ferries divided into ...
It runs from False Creek in the north to 16th Avenue in the south, and from Burrard Street in the west to Cambie Street in the east. Central Broadway is an important commercial and employment centre focused around Vancouver General Hospital and other health-related institutions, including the BC Cancer Agency , BC Cancer Research Centre , BC ...