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Archaeological records indicate the
presence of Aboriginal people in the Vancouver area from 8,000 to
10,000 years ago. The city is located in the traditional
territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Burrad peoples of the
Coast Salish. They had villages in various parts of present day
Vancouver, such as Stanley Park, False Creek, Kitsilano, Point
Grey and near the mouth of the Fraser River. The first European
to explore the coastline of present-day Point Grey and parts of
Burrad Inlet was José Maria Naváez of Spain, in 1791, although
one author contends that Francis Drake may have visited the area
in 1579. The city is named after George Vancouver who explored
the inner harbour of Burrard Inlet in 1792 and gave various
places British names. The explorer and North West Company trader
Simon Fraser and his crew were the first known people of European
race to set foot on the site of the present-day city. In 1808,
they travelled from the east down the Fraser River, perhaps as
far as Point Grey.
The city proper has now more than 640,000
people, making it the eighth largest among Canadian cities, and
the most densely populated Canadian city of over 25,000
residents, with 5,039 people per square kilometre in 2006. The
city is ethnically and linguistically diverse, with 52% for whom
English is not their first language. Chose the folder with
pictures you would like to see from the various parts of
Vancouver I visited on my trip and enjoy the lovely town.
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