In May of that year, Royal Navy officers and members of Vancouver's expedition, Joseph Whidbey and Peter Puget, began to map and explore the areas of what would later be named Puget Sound.

Vancouver's expedition did not, however, name the mountain range which contained these peaks.

They then sailed around Point Roberts and immediately encountered the HMS Chatham, the second ship of Vancouver's expedition.

Joseph Whidbey, master of the during Vancouver's expedition, was the first to sight it in 1794.

* 1792-British Lieutenant William Broughton in George Vancouver's expedition explores the island and names the northern tip " Warrior Point " after being greeted offshore by 23 canoes of armed Multnomah Indians.

Joseph Whidbey, master of the Discovery during George Vancouver's 1791-95 expedition, found Icy Strait, at the south end of Glacier Bay, choked with ice in 1794.

The island was first charted in 1793-94 by James Johnstone and Joseph Whidbey, both part of George Vancouver's 1791-95 expedition.

The first European to sight the island was James Johnstone, one of George Vancouver's officers during his 1791-95 expedition, in 1793.

The island was first charted by Joseph Whidbey and James Johnstone, two of George Vancouver's men during his 1791-95 expedition, in 1793-94.

Later the same year James Johnstone, one of George Vancouver's officers during his 1791-95 expedition, charted it.

Joseph Whidbey, master of the Discovery during Vancouver's 1791-95 expedition, explored it in July – August 1794, in the process circumnavigating it.

It was first charted the same year by Joseph Whidbey, master of the HMS Discovery during Vancouver's 1791-95 expedition.

In 1794, Joseph Whidbey, master of the Discovery during George Vancouver's 1791-95 expedition, reported that his exploration of this part of the coast was blocked by a wall of 2 miles ( 3. 2 km ) width and 1, 200 metres ( 3, 900 ft )) thick.

Exhibits in the Center cover the history of Mendenhall Glacier showing how it covered the valley when Joseph Whidbey, master of the HMS Discovery during George Vancouver's 1791-95 expedition, toured the area in 1794 and what is happening due to climate change today.

It was first charted in 1793 by James Johnstone, one of George Vancouver's officers during his 1791-95 expedition.

She was part of George Vancouver's expedition of the Pacific Northwest coast and circumnavigated the globe.

The station is within walking distance of Vancouver's historical Gastown district, the Canada Place cruise ship terminal, the Helijet International helipad, and Vancouver Harbour Water Aerodrome, the downtown float plane terminals for Harbour Air, West Coast Air, Salt Spring Air, and other airlines.

The 4 km ( 2½ mi ) long stretch of Highway 1 through the eastern part of Vancouver is the only freeway within Vancouver's city limits.

The reformed Band were recorded live in concert at Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Theatre that year, assisted by four extra musicians ; It has been released as The Band Reunion and The Band is Back.

This flight followed another similar historic flight over the pole when Valery Chkalov's crew of three ended up in Vancouver's Pearson Airfield earlier that same year.

One of Vancouver's few remaining free-flowing streams, Beaver Creek, joins Beaver Lake to the Pacific Ocean and is one of two streams in Vancouver where salmon still return to spawn each year.

The Village hosts a variety of events during the year, including the Davie Street Pride Festival which runs in conjunction with Vancouver's annual Gay Pride Parade, during which sections of the street are closed to motor traffic.

Vancouver's head coach at the time, Marc Crawford, recalled that season as marking the Sedins ' ascent to leaders on the team, stating that " by the end of that year, they definitely were our top guys.

Vancouver's head coach at the time, Marc Crawford, recalled that season as marking the Sedins ' ascent as leaders on the team, stating, " by the end of that year, they definitely were our top guys.

The band's big break came roughly a year later when a DJ at the Vancouver's XFM decided to play " Everybody " on their music competition show, Chaos.

Strike action in this year, supported finally by Vancouver's business community exasperated with the continuing instability of service and stubbornness of the company's negotiating position, succeeded in bringing formal recognition to the union, sick pay and pay increases for the workers and several other benefits.

Greater Vancouver has seven suburban municipalities with at least 100, 000 people, with the largest being Surrey and Vancouver's direct neighbors Burnaby and Richmond.

The island was originally named Quadra's and Vancouver's Island in commemoration of the friendly negotiations held by Spanish Commander of the Nootka Sound settlement Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, and British Naval Captain George Vancouver on Nootka Sound in 1792, to find a solution to the Nootka Crisis.

In Vancouver 2010, four athletes — Catriona LeMay Doan, Wayne Gretzky, Steve Nash and Nancy Greene — were given the honor of lighting the flame simultaneously ( indoor ) before Wayne Gretzky transferred the flame to an outdoor cauldron at Vancouver's waterfront.

In the province of British Columbia, the city of Vancouver since 2002 has established a new bilingual Mandarin Chinese-English immersion programme at the elementary school level in order accommodate Vancouver's both historic and present strong ties to the Chinese-speaking world, already in itself having a very sizeable Chinese population local to the city.

Several of the larger dragon boat events outside of Asia include Vancouver's Canadian International Dragon Boat Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival in Toronto, Ontario, and the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival in Ottawa, Ontario.

In the early seventies, he began working as a freelance journalist and critic for various publications and newspapers, including The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, the Vancouver Sun, The New Reader, Books in Canada, the Victoria Times-Colonist and Vancouver's The Province — where he was the poetry critic for two years, and had his own column.

She was also the Writer-in-Residence at Vancouver's Emily Carr School of Art and Design, Vancouver Public Library, and Simon Fraser University.

Philip Walter Owen ( born March 12, 1933 ) was the 36th mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia from 1993 to 2002, making him one of Vancouver's longest serving mayors.

On July 12, 2008, Vancouver's Mayor Sam Sullivan proclaimed " David Oppenheimer Day " in the city of Vancouver, to honor this innovative founding father who built much of the city's infrastructure.

In North Vancouver, the SeaBus stops at the purpose-built Lonsdale Quay, which features an adjacent bus loop ; together they form a major transit hub for Vancouver's North Shore municipalities.

In 2003 Vancouver Moving Theatre partnered with the Carnegie Community Centre to put on the Heart of the City Festival, the City of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Revitalization link which attracted thousands of visitors from outside the area.

* The Canada Line, which opened in August 2009, is not shown on the map, but runs between the Vancouver Airport and Richmond to Vancouver's Waterfront Station, where the West Coast Express arrives, along with the Seabus and other Skytrain lines.

Vancouver had also been home to the now-defunct Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company, which had been Vancouver's oldest professionl theatre company.

* Quadra's and Vancouver's Island, the original name of Vancouver Island

The Vancouver Art Gallery is the monthly meeting spot for Vancouver's Critical Mass, as well as flash mobs, the Zombie Walk, Pro-Marijuana rallies, and numerous environmental demonstrations.

The demise of the CBC Radio Orchestra was met with a negative reaction in the classical music community and significant coverage in the media including a front page, large article in the Vancouver Sun, a prominent article in Vancouver's Georgia Straight and even coverage in the New York Times.

He later moved into his own apartment in Downtown Vancouver overlooking False Creek before purchasing a $ 1 million, mansion in 1994 on Vancouver's Southwest Marine Drive.

CHNM moved into sister station Citytv Vancouver's studio building at 180 West 2nd Avenue ( near the Vancouver Olympic Village ) on September 7, 2010.

* Lord Strathcona Elementary School, the oldest public school in Greater Vancouver, is the only public school serving Vancouver's Chinatown.

He died 20 January 1968, at Shaughnessy, Vancouver, and his body was cremated and his ashes scattered in the grounds of Vancouver's Mountain View Cemetery.