The First Hispanics
  • The Experts
  • The Explorers
  • A Scan Log
  • The Route
  • The Exploration Timeline
  • Historic Documents
  • Español
The First HispanicsThe First HispanicsThe First HispanicsThe First Hispanics
  • The Experts
  • The Explorers
  • A Scan Log
  • The Route
  • The Exploration Timeline
  • Historic Documents
  • Español

Nootka

For centuries this island was territory of the Nuu-chah-nulth until the arrival of European explorers. Less than two hundred years later, the Canadian government had displaced the fishing nation from its ancestral territory.

Church

The church bears witness to the evangelization that Europeans carried out in this region. The presence of indigenous ritual elements is a way of recovering the ancestral value of the traditions of the Nuu-chah-nulth.

Fort San Miguel

Archaeological evidence establishes this point as the first construction made by Europeans in Nootka.

HMCS Quadra

This naval school on Vancouver Island pays homage to the Spanish explorer who once named the island alongside the English explorer.

Malaspina Gallery

These strange formations have been around for centuries. When they sailed around the island of Gabriola, the Spanish explorers documented them in their writings.

Whiffin Spit

This beach in Vancouver Bay is considered the meeting point between English and Spanish explorers.

Victoria

The capital of the province has monuments and plaques that narrate European explorations in the region.

Walbran Park

From this point you can see the strait that the Spaniards believed would take them to the Northwest Passage.

Spanish Banks

This beach in Vancouver Bay is considered the meeting point between English and Spanish explorers.

Mackenzie Heights

This Vancouver neighborhood was once the territory of Canada's first indigenous nations. This is how far the Spanish explorers have come.

Langara Island

The name of this school recalls the presence of Spanish explorers more than two centuries ago.

UBC

The University library contains newspapers, manuscripts and maps that testify to the first Spanish trips to the area.

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