History For thousands of years, the Vancouver area was home to native people who flourished on the bounty of forest and river. In May, 1792, American trader/sailor Robert Gray became the first non-native to enter the fabled Great River of the West, the Columbia River. Later that year, British Lt. William Broughton, serving under Capt. George Vancouver, explored 100 miles upriver. Along the way,...
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