This is a timeline of the history of Vancouver. 18th century 1791 – José María Narváez explores the Strait of Georgia. 1792 – Captain George Vancouver spends only one day on the site which, almost 100 years later, would bear his name. Captain Vancouver from England then took his ship, HMS Discovery, into Burrard Inlet. 19th century 1808 – Simon Fraser becomes the first European to reach the area overland, descending the river which bears his name. 1818 – Treaty of 1818. 1827 – HBC Fort Langley established east of present-day Vancouver. Contact and trade began accelerating significantly, primarily with the Fraser River Salish. 1846 – The Oregon Treaty permanently established the 49th parallel as the boundary between the United States and British North America to the Pacific Ocean. 1858 – Colony of British Columbia established. 1859 – New Westminster is named the capital of the Colony of British Columbia. 1866 – The Colony of British Columbia and Colony of Vancouver Island are united as the new Colony of British Columbia, with the capital at Victoria. 1867 – Hastings Mill founded. 1867 – Gassy Jack opens the first saloon to provide drinks to workers from the Hastings Mill. Gastown then builds up around this popular saloon. 1867 – Weekly stage service is established between the Brighton Hotel, a popular summer vacation spot which is located just west of the Second Narrows Bridge and New Westminster. 1869 – Gastown is surveyed as Granville Townsite. 1872 – Louis Gold is the first Jew among the merchants of newly emergent Gastown, opening a general store on the waterfront. 1885 – The last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) from Montreal to Vancouver is driven at Craigellachie, British Columbia. 1886 – The Town of Granville is incorporated as the City of Vancouver (the name was in fact chosen by the President of Canadian Pacific Railway). Rate-payers elect Malcolm Alexander MacLean, a real estate dealer, as the first mayor of Vancouver. The city has a population of about 1,000 people. 1886 – The Canadian Pacific Railway’s first transcontinental train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody. The very first Granville Street Bridge was completed and then another bridge was built later in 1909. 1886 – Great Vancouver Fire. 1886 – Vancouver General Hospital opened on Pender Street. 1886 – Vancouver Police Department formed. 1886 – Vancouver Rowing Club formed. 1887 – Vancouver Board of Trade