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Book, 2018
Current format, Book, 2018, , Available .
Book, 2018
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The Coquitlam chronicles covers the history of the Coquitlam Area of Metro Vancouver, and brings life to this history with historical photographs. This new book begins with a description of the geological history that facilitated human occupation of the area, and includes an extensive chapter on the indigenous presence that preceded European settlement. The book also describes the exploration of Burrard Inlet by the English and Spanish in 1792, the first Europeans to explore Burrard Inlet, and the exploration of the Fraser River by Simon Fraser that lead to the development of trade and commerce in the area by the Hudson's Bay Company. The book describes the establishment of saw mills on the Fraser River in the 1870s and the associated settlement by early pioneers. That development created a demand for logs which resulted in logging of the forests that surrounded Coquitlam and the Fraser River, and the consequent appearance of the first European settlers.
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