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Emergence of Vancouver

Emergence of Vancouver. THE EMERGENCE OF VANCOUVER. BURRARD INLET - Originally discouraged settlement. - not on a major river. - thick forest cover. - no gold rush history. PORT MOODY -. Stanley Park. New Westminster. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-w1IYhTAaw.

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Emergence of Vancouver

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  1. Emergence of Vancouver

  2. THE EMERGENCE OF VANCOUVER BURRARD INLET - Originally discouraged settlement. - not on a major river. - thick forest cover. - no gold rush history. PORT MOODY- Stanley Park New Westminster http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-w1IYhTAaw

  3. THE OPPENHEIMERS • Jewish immigrants from Germany. • Set up trading firm in B.C. gold rush. • Fire ruined but rebuilt. • Land investments in Gastown. • $ invested with CPR. • David became mayor of Vancouver “Father of Vancouver.” • Laid water & sewage pipes in Van. • Lobbied for Cariboo Road. • Bankrolled needed services. • Funded first electric streetcar. • Donated land for schools & parks. David Oppenheimer THE OPPENHEIMERS

  4. Gastown • Fraser River pilot turned saloonkeeper with the name Capt. John 'Gassy Jack' Deighton was in 1867 the first settler on the site • In Victorian times the term 'to gas' referred to talking a lot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b50NKiF6C9I

  5. NEW WESTMINSTER • Gold rush gateway and capital of the Colony from 1859 to 1866 • Fraser River froze in winter. • Colonel Moody later cut trails to BurrardInlet. (Vancouver)

  6. Port Moody • original site for CPR terminus. • - shallow tidal flats made it unsuitable for large ships to load with cargo from the trains • Van Horne change location with some persuasion from David Oppenheimer to Vancouver (Gastown). • Port Moody land speculators were mad

  7. 1886 Fire A fire burned the new city of Vancouver. By 1890, it was rebuilt and had a population of over 5000.

  8. STANLEY PARK Bigger than Central Park in New York 16th best park in the world by the Project for Public Spaces • First used by Squamish and Musqueam Nations • Initially set aside as military reserve. • Officially opened by David Oppenheimer in 1888

  9. Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b50NKiF6C9I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-w1IYhTAaw

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