Spanish Bank, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Spanish explorer Lieutenant José Maria Narvaez was the first European 1791 to see this area of Canada.

Spanish Bank is " West of Tolmie Street on Northwest Marine Drive", Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

1592 - 1774 AD: The Spaniards cruised by as part of their exploration of Canada's west coast. Spain claimed the west coast of North America by virtue of the Treaty of Tordesillas, which occurred in 1494.

The Spanish explorer Lieutenant José Maria Narvaez was the first European to see this area of BC. He beat George Vancouver by a year, anchored west of Point Grey and explored the mouth of the Fraser River.

Later Captain Vancouver and Spanish Captain Dionisio Galiano, each at the head of an exploring expedition, are startled to meet each other at what is now English Bay. Captain Vancouver named Spanish Banks as a tribute to his Spanish friendship and specially to Lieutenant José Maria Narvaez who was the first European in Vancouver, BC.

The City of Vancouver has a number of streets named after Spaniards: Cordova, Cardero, Valdez and Narvaez nad more.... but also Galiano Street in Coquitlam etc.