- September 2, 2025Fraser Glaciation comes to a close. The local climate becomes warmer and dryer than today. Indigenous Peoples are present in…
- September 2, 2025Sea level and climate stabilize to modern positions. Salmon runs provide an abundant source of food for ancestral Coast Salish…
September 2, 2025Archaeological excavation from 1984-86 uncovers >5,000-year-old Coast Salish artifacts at today's Pender Canal Site, but recent evidence nearby pushes that…- September 2, 2025Christopher Columbus completes Spanish-sponsored voyage to North America, ushering in European exploration, colonization and exploitation of the Americas.
- September 2, 2025Vasco Nunez de Balboa claims the Pacific Coast of North America for Spain.
- September 2, 2025Sir Francis Drake may have entered the Strait of Georgia, marking the first face-to-face contact between Europeans and Northwest Coast…
- September 2, 2025Juan de Fuca, a Greek employee of Spanish interests, sails into the strait now named after him.
- September 2, 2025A Spanish expedition led by Francisco de Eliza names this island "Ysla de San Eusevio." He sends Jose Maria Narvaez…
- September 2, 2025Captain George Vancouver leads an expedition to chart the northwest Pacific Coast, establishing British presence in the area. He recommends…
- September 2, 2025Royal Navy Captain George Vancouver negotiates the so-called “possession“ of Vancouver Island from the Spanish to the British.
