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The region has been home to indigenous First Nations peoples for many centuries, and the 2010 Olympic logo is a colorful interpretation of an Inuit stone structure called an inukshuk. One of these stone landmarks, considered symbols of welcome, is found on the beach in Vancouver, on the downtown side of English Bay. Two more are on Whistler Mountain. Visitors can learn more about the regions indigenous culture at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia.
Europeans arrived in British Columbia in the 18th and 19th centuries with the advent of the fur trade. Several gold rushes brought prospectors from around the world. The Gastown neighborhood, in the heart of old Vancouver, grew up quickly around a makeshift tavern established in 1867 by gold prospector Jack Deighton. The name Gastown came from Deightons nickname, Gassy, slang for someone who talks a lot.
Any exploration of Vancouver would be incomplete without experiencing Gastowns old-world charm: cobbled streets, a much-photographed steam clock, quaint pubs, restaurants and galleries. Just be careful not to stray too far south of Gastown into the citys notoriously squalid and poverty-stricken Downtown Eastside, where drugs and prostitution are rampant.

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