incorporated. 1887 – The Canadian Pacific Railway extends its line westward from the terminus at Port Moody to Vancouver. 1887 – Canadian Pacific Railway’s Engine 374 brings the first transcontinental train into Vancouver. 1887 – British mail liner SS Abyssinia arrives. 1888 – Vancouver Daily World newspaper founded. 1888 – The real estate board formed. 1888 – Stanley Park opens. 1889 – The original Granville Street Bridge is completed. 1890 – The original Brockton Point Lighthouse is built. The current structure was built in 1914. 1892 – The Great Marpole Midden is excavated for its archeology by Charles Hill-Tout. 1897 – The Klondike Gold Rush boosts a continent-wide depression of the 1890s. By 1900, Vancouver displaces Victoria, the provincial capital, as the leading commercial centre on Canada's west coast. 1898 – The 9 O'Clock Gun is placed at Brockton Point (it still signals the time by being discharged every evening at 9:00 p.m. precisely). 1898 – The Province newspaper founded. 1898 – J. S. Matthews, later City Archivist, settles in Vancouver. 20th century 1903 – Woodward's building constructed. 1905 – Asiatic Exclusion League formed. 1907 – Spencer's department store opened at Richards & Hastings (later Eaton's). 1908 – B.C. Legislature passes legislation establishing the University of British Columbia (UBC). 1909 – Industrial Workers of the World Local 45 (Lumber Workers) chartered on December 29, one of the first lumber worker locals in the province. 1910 Construction of the city's first skyscraper, Dominion Building at Hastings and Cambie. The first Pacific National Exhibition held in Hastings Park. British Columbia Academy of Science begins meeting. 1911 Vancouver almagamates with Hastings Townsite. The Denman Arena, an artificial ice rink, opens to the public; home to the Vancouver Millionaires professional hockey club. 1913 – A worldwide depression lasts two years and severely reduces trade and slows railway development. Declining resources also end a provincial mining boom. 1914 – Komagata Maru incident. 1915 – University of British Columbia (UBC) opens its Fairview district campus on the site of Vancouver General Hospital. 1916 Vancouver Technical Secondary School opened. Lost Lagoon transformed by the construction of the Stanley Park Causeway. 1918 – Vancouver general strike. 1919 Canadian National Railway station completed. 1920 – Growth resumes and Vancouver soon replaces Winnipeg as the leading city in western Canada. 1923 – Vancouver and District Waterfront Workers' Association established. Warren Harding visits Vancouver, becoming the first President of the United