West Point Grey Community

The local Musqueam people lived here in the ancient village of Ee'yullmough and the earliest modern immigrants were attracted to the site as well. Spaniard Jose Narvaez and his crew rediscovered it in 1791 and named it Langara Point. The next year, Captains Galiano and Valdez ran into Captain Vancouver off the same shore. This meeting led to the naming of two local areas: Spanish Banks and English Bay. In 1865 Jeremiah Rogers set up the first logging camp and cut down the giant fir trees for use as "the best spars in the world." In the 1870s others set up a whaling station here.

By 1897, the area's outstanding recreational potential was evident, yet only 54 property owners had set up homes. They were soon joined by the Government Reserves, which recognized the area's strategic location and set up a post at the Point and along Jericho (now the site of UBC, Jericho Park, the former School for the Deaf and Blind, and the Jericho army base). In the 1920s, its strategic location made it an ideal air station site from which flying boats would chase rumrunners, map the coastline, and track illegal immigrants. During war years, anti-submarine reconnaissance was performed from the site.

In 1908, the Municipality of Point Grey was established by breaking away from the Municpality of South Vancouver. The newly-elected Council moved quickly to improve access and services to the area. In that first year of incorporation, water service reached West Point Grey, construction began on the scenic Northwest Marine Drive, and the Jericho Golf and Country Club opened.

In 1909, a one-room schoolhouse was built for the area's 24 children. The wooden structure still stands on the bluffs overlooking Spanish Banks, dwarfed by the newer Queen Mary School.

Despite the municipality's investment in roads, sewers and parks, development lagged. To spur new development, a tax was levied on all unimproved land. That year, 1912, $250,000 worth of building permits were issued and the boom began. Commercial development followed and by 1924, 40 shops lined 10th Avenue between Tolmie and Trimble Streets.

In 1921, construction began on the Pacific Coast Station of the Royal Canadian Air Force at Jericho Beach. When the federal government decided to move the station in 1967, the future of the Jericho lands became an issue. Far-sighted citizens and politicians finally agreed that the area should be a park, and in the early 1970s an additional 54 hectares (133 acres) of recreational land was made available to the public.


溫哥華市西格雷岬社區

溫哥華市西葛雷岬(West Point Grey)社區街樹與歷史建築解說
地點：溫哥華市4 Ave向西行到底，靠右道接 NW Marine Drive，到4397 West 2nd Ave西葛雷岬社區中心門口West Point Grey Community Centre(4397 West 2 Ave., Vancouver)。http://goo.gl/maps/pJbgQ

社區中心本身即為美麗典雅的都鐸式歷史建築 Aberthau。我們將藉著典雅的住宅、喬治亞溫哥華船長與西班牙瓦爾德斯船長見面談判的歷史性 海灘、熱汽球軍事要地、棲息地非政府組織世界高峰會議紀念碑、舊時的高爾 夫球場、溫哥華市最早的郵局、最早的房屋黑斯丁斯鋸木廠商店，來述說百年來鄰近內海沿岸的發展，以及精彩的多元文化。
 
在溫哥華地區的人們大都知道史丹利公園(Stanley Park)與伊麗莎白女王公園，但並不多人知道溫哥華市第二大公園為傑里科海灘(Jericho Beach)公 園。傑里科公園的名稱源自1860年間，有一位Jeremiah Roger在此曠野森林邊緣建築營地，砍伐樹林。爾後由聯邦軍方購得，繼而轉給溫哥華市政府。

這裡一年四季都適合於賞鳥，傑里科公園擁有海灘、海灣、草原、灌木叢、池塘、溼地與混合林地等各種野生棲息地。它位於溫哥華的西北邊 ，為附近居民最喜愛漫步溜狗的場所。該公園為溫哥華最受歡迎的公園之一，公園內有大片可以放風箏的大草原、以及兩個許多水鴨棲息的池 塘。它擁有一、兩百公尺長的沙灘 與海邊步道，為附近居民最喜愛漫步溜狗的場所。您可以一面散步健行，一面欣賞美麗的海景與落日。