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15 Historical Vancouver Snow Photos

15 Historical Vancouver Snow Photos By Vancouver Is Awesome It has already begun snowing on Whistler, so we thought we'd put together a few local photos from the city to get you prepared for what may or may not be a long winter.

15 Historical Vancouver Snow Photos

By Vancouver Is Awesome

It has already begun snowing on Whistler, so we thought we'd put together a few local photos from the city to get you prepared for what may or may not be a long winter.

  • Downtown alley in 1916

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    Look at the size of that snow pile! #greatpyramid

  • Hastings and Richards after heavy snowfall in 1916

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    No Ford Model T's seen in this photo, though they did release a new model that year!

  • Interior of First Baptist Church at at Nelson Street and Burrard in 1913

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    Not so much snow as it's mostly frozen water from attempts by firefighters to put out the massive blaze that destroyed this church!

  • A courthouse lion covered in snow in 1937

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    Back before it was the VAG.

  • Boats and docks covered in snow

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    Near Dead Man's Island.

  • House on the corner of 1st Ave and Waterloo in Kits in 1911

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    Roughly 103 years before the bikeway was built.

  • Couple with dog on Waterloo Street and 4th Ave

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    The swirl of hair on the dude's forehead may or may not have been caused by the extreme cold.

  • Railway Crossing at 49th Ave and Magee Road in 1902

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    Man, Kerrisdale has barely changed.

  • Beaver Lake in Stanley Park, partially frozen and covered in snow in 1898

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    Just wow.

  • A horse-drawn sleigh in front of the Hollow Tree in the early 1900s

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    It was the SNOW that killed the hollow tree! Ok ok, maybe it wasn't.

  • Frozen fountain in Stanley Park in 1931

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    "Should one of us maybe go turn it off?"

  • Road into Stanley Park, covered in snow in the early 1900s

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    "I'M not turning off that bloody fountain!"

  • Hastings St. between Homer and Richards in 1936

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    Dude! You're covered in snow!

  • Miss Doris Milligan crosses the Lion's Gate Bridge on foot in 1938

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    This photo tells us one thing: people have been using umbrellas in the snow in Vancouver since at least 1938.

  • Lighthouse at Brockton Point covered in snow in 1898

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