• Vancouver is the youngest major community in BC
• Early 1860’s: remained home of Musquean and
Squamish peoples
• 1865: area changing
– Sawmills
• 1868: “Gassy Jack” Deighton
– Opened a saloon
– Establishment of Gastown
• 1881: Port Moody appointed terminus of CPR
• 1884: Van Horne visits, not happy with Port Moody
– Named new site as terminus: Vancouver
• 1886: fire destroys Van. (rebuilt quickly)
• 1890: 5,000+ residents in Vancouver

• Cariboo Gold Rush: Jewish immigrants
– Sold goods to prospectors
• 1848: the 5 Oppenheimer brothers arrive in Cali
• 1859: come to BC
• Est. trading firm in Victoria
• 1862: store in Barkerville
• David petitioned Douglas to build a road
– Cariboo Road
• David played role in getting CPR relocated to
Vancouver
• David became Vancouver mayor (1888)
– “Father of Vancouver”

Person A: William Van Horne
Person B: David Oppenheimer
Person C: Speculator
• Person B/C must convince Van Horne to either: relocate the CPR terminus to Gastown OR keep the terminus at Port Moody.

• With completion of CPR, BC no longer isolated from rest of Canada
• Rapid growth
• Increase in mining of other minerals
– Smelters built
• Growth of Nelson
• Okanagan region
– Agriculture
– Orchard farming
• Rocky Mountains
– CPR: tourists
• Built large hotels and “dining stations” along route