正在編輯枯洲（章節）

=== 原住民族與歐洲人探索活動 ===
據考古學界的發現，[[加拿大原住民|原住民族]]在8000至10000年前已於溫哥華一帶出沒<ref>
{{cite web |last=Thom |first=Brian |year=1996 |url=http://home.istar.ca/~bthom/LONGTERM-FIN.htm |title=Stó:lo Culture – Ideas of Prehistory and Changing Cultural Relationships to the Land and Environment |accessdate=2006-11-23 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070718061334/http://home.istar.ca/~bthom/LONGTERM-FIN.htm |archivedate=2007-07-18 }}
</ref><ref name = Atlas>
{{cite book |last=Carlson |first=Keith Thor (ed.) |title=A Stó:lō-Coast Salish Historical Atlas |location=Vancouver, BC |publisher=Douglas & McIntyre |year=2001 |pages=6–18 |isbn=1-5505-4812-3}}
</ref>，並於現[[史丹利公園]]、[[福溪 (溫哥華)|福溪]]、[[基斯蘭奴]]、[[灰角]]和[[菲沙河]]口等地設有村落<ref name = Atlas/>。

[[西班牙]]海軍長官{{tsl|en|José María Narváez|納爾維斯}}於1791年航行至現[[西灰角區]]和[[布勒內灣]]，是首位探索該帶水域的歐洲人；然而，亦有説[[英國]]的[[弗朗西斯·德雷克|德雷克]]早於1579年已航行至此<ref>{{cite book | last=Bawlf | first=R. Samuel | year=2003 | title=The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake: 1577–1580 | url=https://archive.org/details/secretvoyageofsi0000bawl | publisher=Walker & Company | isbn=978-0802714053}}</ref>。1792年英國[[航海家]][[喬治·溫哥華]]航行至此並展開开辟<ref>{{cite book | last = Davis | first = Chuck | coauthors = W. Kaye Lamb | title = Greater Vancouver Book: An Urban Encyclopaedia | publisher = Linkman Press | year = 1997 | location = Surrey, BC | pages = 34–36 | url = http://www.discovervancouver.com/GVB/captain-george-vancouver.asp | isbn = 978-1896846002 | accessdate = 2010-02-07 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100530000309/http://www.discovervancouver.com/GVB/captain-george-vancouver.asp | archivedate = 2010-05-30 }}</ref>。[[西北公司]]的皮毛交易員[[西蒙·弗雷泽]]和他的船隊於1808年沿菲沙河抵達現[[卑詩大學]]一帶，是記錄中第一批登陸現溫哥華市的歐洲人<ref>{{cite web| title = History of City of Vancouver| publisher = Caroun.com| url = http://www.caroun.com/Countries/America/Canada/Vancouver/2-VancouverHistory.html| accessdate = 2007-01-17| archive-date = 2007-03-29| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070329195141/http://www.caroun.com/Countries/America/Canada/Vancouver/2-VancouverHistory.html| dead-url = no}}</ref>。