Enjoy the experience of Vancouver's Seawall
The 8.8-kilometre Seawall is one of Stanley Park's biggest attractions, drawing sightseers and recreation enthusiasts alike.
City views fro Cypress Mountain, Vancouver.
Cypress Mountain is Vancouver's Spectacular Mountain Playground with 52 Downhill winter skiing and riding runs accessed by 6 chair lifts (2 high speed), plus a magic carpet surface lift in our kids camp area. We also offer 19 kms of track set Cross Country Skiing trails, a Snowtubing park with a tube tow lift, our amazingly popular snowshoeing tours around the historic Hollyburn Lodge built in 1926 and Vancouver’s BEST Sunsets. Located only 30 minutes from downtown Vancouver (Hwy 1-Exit 8 in…
Vancouver History: Wooden Coaster
It's where you can ride the Crazy Beach Party, visit Hell's Gate, or take a spin on the Enterprise without leaving Vancouver. The Fair at the PNE has returned for the 101st year and with it children young and old will enjoy carnival games, marketplace shopping, livestock exhibits, rides, cotton candy, and more sticky-gooey tasty delights. Over the years the rides have changed, we've added a few and lost many, but there's one that has been a mainstay and that's the wooden coaster. Roller…
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Granville Island Vancouver, BC - Truly Remarkable Place | Vancouver, BC, Canada Information
This is a Vancouver, tourist attraction article on Granville Island Vancouver, BC - Truly Remarkable Place
A short history of Gastown: The birth of Vancouver, Canada
This is one of the earliest photos of Gastown, taken in 1886 in Maple Tree Square in the town of Granville (now called Vancouver). Locals called it Gastown because the first saloon was started by J…
10 Reasons Canada is the Best Place to Travel
If you weren’t already considering Canada for your next vacation, you definitely should be now.
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Hastings and Carrall, 1909 Source: Photo by Harry Bullen (cropped), City of Vancouver Archives #Str P24
New Westminster, British Columbia - City of Vancouver Archives
Photograph shows Royal Columbian Hospital, Irving House and St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church.
Vancouver History Photo Prints
Yesterday I posted my latest (and probably my only) home decor tip on Instagram by sharing a Vancouver history photo that I downloaded and printed from the Vancouver Archives. It was a hit there so I thought I would share the tip here as well. The Big Idea The other day I set out to spruce up the bright white walls in our apartment which currently host a rotating gallery of my sister-in-law's art, art by Grant Wood, sketches and graphics made by friends, heirloom maps, and in the office I…
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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO... -- Expo 86
Postcard: New Westminster, BC, c.1910
"Columbia Street, New Westminster" Canadian Souvenir Post Card. Published for The Fair New Westminster B. C. 44889 View looking north into the 700-block of Columbia Street from the intersection at Begbie Street in New Westminster, BC.
Archive Photos of the Day: West End From Stanley Park
Stanley Park is one of my favourite places to profile since it is a living reminder of the history of the area combined with the ever-changing landscape of the City of Vancouver. While I have featured photos of its entrance arches, bridges and eventually the causeway that bisected Coal Harbour (creating Lost Lagoon), I have finally come across a few photos that provide a different perspective. The following photo was called 'West End Vancouver in Autumn 1889' by Major J.S. Matthews: 1889…
1934-1970
When Liquor Prohibition ended in 1933, so did the Chief Skugaid 's rumrunning voyages to the sunny waters of Mexico. She resumed her voyages north to Haida Gwaii and the Bering Sea, longlining for...