Planning Your Vancouver Gift Program

When planning a Vancouver Gift program there are several things one can consider.
Given the natural beauty surrounding the city of Vancouver, it is important to ensure your Vancouver Gift is sustainable and made from a natural material. Vancouver is situated on the West Coast of Canada, surrounded by the Coast Mountains, Burrard Inlet, English Bay & Georgia Straight and further East by the Fraser Valley. The location includes rain forested areas, and blue waterways of the the Fraser River Delta and the Straight of Georgia.
When choosing gifts for this world renowned city, we suggest choosing products that illustrate the beauty of the area. Symbolic Vancouver gifts which exemplify the beauty of the city are excellent choices.  The gift could reflect the scenery, rainforests or the wildlife & marine life which is plentiful.
Another important factor when planning your Vancouver gift program is the history and the people of the city. 
One of the players important to the growth of the city was the Canadian Pacific Railway or CPR.  One of the interesting areas which developed was in Shaughnassey Heights, home to managers and owners of the CPR. Still popular today, it is an area of lush wide boulevards and heritage estates.
When British Columbia joined Confederation in 1871, one of the conditions was that the Dominion government build a railway that linked B.C. with eastern Canada in 10 years.  Given this task, a labour pool was needed quickly and China was one of the countries where labourers were found. Guest workers from China arrived in the thousands in Vancouver by boat.  The pay for a hard days work was $1.00 per day . The Chinese immigrant population were crucial in assisting the Dominion to deliver its Confederation promise . 
The original inhabitants of the Vancouver area included the First Nations Coast Salish peoples.  There people included the Squamish, Sechelth and Klahoose as well as many others.. If one was to compare the indiganous peoples of the South West and North Coast, clear differences would appear. The Coast Salish were a patrilineal culture, where lineage is traced through the fathers blood lines. Unlike other coastal peoples, the areas they inhabited became the major centres we know today.
Along the coast, another group of First Nations peoples known in the area were the Haida Nation. Although their home was in the Queen Charlotte Islands, they were known to travel South past BC. Because of this, we consider them a part of the history and people of the area.
When planning a gift program in Vancouver, it is prudent to consider Native works of art, or Chinese replicas and cultural symbols.
With the traditional stories of the First Nations Peoples, there are many symbolic Vancouver Gifts to choose from. With so much to choose from, your selection is sure to please.