 :for other places with the same name, see burrard (disambiguation). burrard inlet is a relatively shallow-sided coastal fjord in southwestern british columbia, canada. formed during the last ice age, it separates the city of vancouver and the rest of the low-lying burrard peninsula (to the south) from the slopes of the north shore mountains, home to the communities of west vancouver and the city and district of north vancouver. == history == thumb|map of burrard inlet what is now known as burrard inlet has been home to the indigenous peoples of the sá¸µwxwÃº7mesh and tsleil-waututh, who have resided in this territory for thousands of years. in 1791, the first european explorers in the region, juan carrasco and josÃ© marÃ­a narvÃ¡ez, sailing under orders of francisco de eliza, entered the western part of the inlet in their ship, the santa saturnina. they failed to find the fraser river, mistaking the lowland of the river's delta as a major inlet of the sea, which they named canal de floridablanca. this led to one of the prime objectives of the 1792 expedition of dionisio alcalÃ¡ galiano, which was to determine the exact nature of the canal de floridablanca. galiano spent many days exploring the general area, realizing that there was a great river there and sighting burrard inlet itself on june 19, 1792. just days later, the inlet was again named by captain george vancouver, after his friend and former ship-mate captain (later admiral) sir harry burrard.bartroli, thomas. genesis of vancouver city. vancouver: (self-published). 1997 thumb|left|the eastern arm of burrard inlet towards port moody (taken from burnaby mountain) in 1888, the inlet was described in the british columbia pilot published by the british admiralty as follows. burrard inlet differs from most of the great sounds of this coast in being comparatively easy of access to steam vessels of any size or class, and in the convenient depth of water for anchorage which may be found in almost every part of it; its close proximity to fraser river, with the great faci
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