The name 'West End' in 1887 emerged from the Vancouver School Board's decision to build a school in the area (Lot 185). The term 'West End' was coined from their newly named facility, the 'West End School'.
English Bay beach, which was termed 'Ayyulshun' by the Indians meaning 'soft under feet,' was established in 1893 with a few beach shacks built there. The name 'English Bay' commemorates the meeting of the British Captain Vancouver and Spanish captains Valdes and Galiano, in 1792. This is the event that also resulted in Spanish Banks' name.
