Through photo-realistic animation we experience how the Bay was created following the last Ice Age. We then meet Native Peoples along the Bay’s shores 3,000 years ago and continue through European exploration and settlement, including Spanish, Russian and ultimately, American influences. • Origins: Forming the Bay • Early Inhabitants: Native Peoples, Flora and Fauna • The Bay That Was: San Francisco Bay in the Era of Exploration • Upheaval: European Arrival Dramatically Alters the Bay Region