History

Ralph Bower / Vancouver Sun. 1958 Second Narrows Bridge Disaster struck in 1958 when an accident caused several spans to fall during the building of the Second Narrows Bridge.

Mark van Manen / Vancouver Sun. 1998 Ross Rebagliati North Vancouver’s Ross Rebagliati won the world’s first Olympic gold medal in slalom snowboarding, then nearly lost it when a drug test found THC in his circulatory system.

Je Vinnick / PNG. 1987 Man in Motion Tour Triumphant Hansen. Rick Hansen raised awareness for spinal cord injuries and inspired millions, crossing the finish line of his two-year, 34-country Man in Motion tour that covered over 40,000 kilometres.

City of Vancouver Archives, SGN 4. Charles S. Bailey photo. 1887 Hotel Vancouver The CPR opened the original Hotel Vancouver at the corner of Granville and Georgia Streets in 1887.

City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 447-86. Walter Edwin Frost photo. 1976 London Drugs From cough syrup to curling irons. London Drugs was founded in 1945 as a small drugstore in Vancouver, BC.

University of British Columbia Archives [UBC 1.1/862].

Japanese Canadian National Museum. 1914 Asahi Baseball Team The Asahi Baseball Club, composed of Japanese Canadians, began playing at what is now Oppenheimer Park and became the most popular team in the Lower Mainland.

PNG. 1990 Bard on the Beach When the Bard on the Beach tents appears in Vanier Park, it’s officially summer. The seasonal theatre stronghold keeps Shakespeare alive, affordable and best of all, comprehensible.

PNG. 2007 Grow-op on Wheels West Vancouver police discovered a unique grow-op when they flagged a Toyota RAV 4 lined up for the ferry at Horseshoe Bay.

Denise Howard / PNG. 1990 Molson Indy The fast track. Al Unser’s car is one of the many bees that buzzed their way around downtown streets during the Molson Indy Vancouver.