History

City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-2215. Photo Stuart Thomson. 1928 Crystal Pool Already in motion, a girl raises her arms to dive into the Crystal Pool. Opened in 1928, the Crystal was originally racially segregated, but that would change in 1945.

City of Vancouver Archives, Pan P77. 1943 Shipyards Busy waters. Vancouver’s importance as a wartime shipbuilding centre — with more than half of the ships built in Canada at this time —is revealed in this 1944 panorama of its bustling shipyards.

Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections, VPL 4119. Leonard Frank photo. 1916 Dollarton Mill The Canadian Robert Dollar Company bought the land for its sawmill operation in North Vancouver, out toward Deep Cove, in 1916.

The Province. 1950 Atomic Bomb Shelter Fortunately yet to be used for its original purpose, the first backyard atomic bomb shelter for four was built by Eccles-Rand Limited in Shaughnessy Heights.

Deni Eagland / Vancouver Sun. 1986 Canada Pavilion During Expo 86, it was the Canada Pavilion. The year following, it became the city’s convention centre, Canada Place. Its signature five sails have defined the Vancouver harbourfront view ever since.

David Clark / The Province. 1998 Olympic Bid A legacy begins. On December 1, the Canadian Olympic Association chose Vancouver/Whistler as the bid city for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

I am releasing this video on the anniversary of the birthday of John McLoughlin, the first Governor of Columbia, or Proto British Columbia, on 19 October 1784.

Debra Brash / Victoria Times Colonist. Courtesy PNG.

PNG. 1991 Warehouse Studio The Warehouse Studio, a recording facility established by hometown musician Bryan Adams, inhabits the Oppenheimer Bros. grocery warehouse.

Courtesy Vancouver Canucks. 1995 Canuck Place Children with life-threatening illness and their families are welcomed at Canuck Place, a renovated Shaughnessy mansion.