The First Vancouver
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A european boat... sailing for over three years from France, to the West Indies, to the "New World" in the 1700's. It was sent by France to set up a colony on the WEST coast. Not the east like everyone else.
Three years and finaly, LAND HO!
The ship, St. Dynamite, anchored off a small island near the mainland.
The crew decided to start the settlement on this small island, instead of the mainland, because it would offer better defense against Canadian Pirates, and British Ships. The crew began chopping down trees to use to build their new houses.
They built enough houses for themselves, and also a small dock.
15 years later, more ships started to arrive. The settlement grew, and showed promise... for now.
Fort Vancouver was built. In order to provide defense for the small island community.
The Setlers built more docks also. And here, you can see some farms built on the mainland.
However.... The settlement failed. Vancouver was simply too far away to serve as a stable trading city, to provide goods for the people. The settlement was abandoned for about 200 years. In 1990 a few settlers came from the east of the Mississippi by settlers searching for a better life. And like many west-coast cities built, Vancouver was one of them. TEASER!!!
A quik note......
This is the only part of my journal that will be plopped. The rest will be "Naturaly Grown" (like CSG's Journal.) All this was was to provide a bit of History. Hope You enjoyed
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