Vancouver is famous for its unique natural beauty and cultural co-existence of almost all nations of the world. Goals Indians called the place where now is located in Vancouver, his home. Their history and cultural traditions, containing a deep respect for nature and each other tightly woven into the fabric of Vancouver culture. When, in 1792, Captain George Vancouver explored Burrard Bay, the present coast of the city, he wrote "countless beautiful landscapes."
But not the beauty of nature and the discovery of gold and the gold rush prompted the Europeans to move the mass of the territory. In 1827, just east of the current Vancouver, Hudson's Bay Company established a trading post.
