Local Information about Vancouver

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The region has a colourful history, with the first nations who had settled here for thousands of years being friendly traders with early explorers and fur-traders. The region really began to boom with the 1850s gold rush, and had a momentum of its own once the Canadian Pacific Railway reached the Port Moody and a bit later, Vancouver.

The Lower Mainland is made up of several municipalities, some of which are cities, some are towns and some are municipal districts.

Here are all the email contacts for your elected politicians.

Several of the communities further east are still considered part of the "Lower Mainland", but are found in FoudLocally's "Fraser Valley" site. Thes include the ocmmunities of Langley, Fort Langley, Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge, Mission and Hope.

Local not-for-profits groups, sports leagues, churches and other religious organizations are welcome to add themselves to our FREE LISTINGS and post news, events, and volunteer opportunities.

There is now way for us to use all of our images in our various stories and editorial on our web site. We want make our images widely accessible. Use our handy searchable Image Gallery to find local photos. Use the Travel-Maps to get local maps for a particular feature, too. Images may be used for educational use (by teachers and students) or by non-profits at no cost, so long we we have a Photo Credit and a link back to this FoundLocally.com. Businesses must receive prior permission IN WRITING for use of images.