A Little Vancouver History
In 1867, a town sprung up around a bar owned by “Gassy” Jack Deighton, so named for his tendency for continuously talking. The small settlement became known as Gastown, and the waterfront area still retains the name today.
After being linked by rail to eastern Canada, the town took its name from the British explorer Captain George Vancouver, who spent only a single day on the site in 1792.
In 1887, the Canadian Pacific Railway’s first train steamed into the city, the first ship docked from China, and Vancouver began its boom as one of the major trading ports and cities in Canada.
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