Northwest Coast  (1728 to 1900)
Juan Pérez Hernández  (Jul 15, 1774)
Cook Sights Vancouver Island  (Mar 29, 1778)
La Pérouse on the NW Coast  (1785)
North West America Launched  (Sep 20, 1788)
Martinez Reaches Nootka  (May 5, 1789)
Vancouver Explores Strait  (1792)
Spanish Sight Vancouver  (Jun 22, 1792)
Vancouver Discovers Rivers  (1793)
Mackenzie Reaches the Pacific  (Jul 21, 1793)
2nd Nootka Convention  (Jan 11, 1794)
Death of George Vancouver  (May 12, 1798)
Death of Estéban José Martinez  (Oct 28, 1798)
Fraser Reaches Pacific  (Jul 2, 1808)
Thompson Ascends Columbia River  (Jul 15, 1811)
Birth of Matthew Begbie  (May 9, 1819)
Founding Fort Vancouver  (Mar 19, 1825)
Construction of Fort Langley  (Jul 30, 1827)
First Coal Mine in West  (1836)
First Steamer on the Pacific  (Mar 18, 1836)
First Steamer Arrives on Pacific Coast  (Apr 10, 1836)
Oregon Boundary Treaty  (Jun 15, 1846)
Kane Arrived at Fort Victoria  (Apr 9, 1847)
HBC Leases Vancouver Island  (Jan 13, 1849)
James Douglas Appointed Governor  (May 16, 1851)
First propeller-driven Steamship  (Aug 5, 1853)
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