History

We love sifting through the incredible photo collection at the Vancouver Archives. Here are our favourite finds from this week. 1. Pierre Paris and Hotel Strathcona building at Hastings and Abbott, 1936 2. Cars driving on the left.

Fisgard Lighthouse was the first lighthouse to illuminate the West Coast of Canada. It made its shining debut at 4:00pm on November 16, 1860 and has since become a fixture of Victoria's coastal history.

There are some notable landmarks in here, as well as a wonderful snapshot of what life was like on the roads of Vancouver in 1966.

The Ministry of Transportation just released a wonderful archival video from 1966! In it they drive from Horseshoe Bay, through downtown Vancouver, up Main street then onto Kingsway to Burnaby.

We love sifting through the incredible photo collection at the Vancouver Archives. Here are our favourite finds from this week. 1. Young boy making a chalkboard sign offering lawn mowing services, 1942 2. St.

Vancouver's fire department has a storied history

A couple weeks back I happened upon the "morgue" for a newspaper that Glacier Media used to publish, here at our new office where we work alongside other Glacier properties The Vancouver Courier , Westender , BIV , The Growler and REW.ca .

We love sifting through the incredible photo collection at the Vancouver Archives. Here are our favourite finds from this week: 1. Barrister L.P. Eckstein's office in a tent after the great fire, 1886 2. Member of the Vancouver Rowing Club, ca.

McBarge fans can not only get on board (legally!) for a tour, but also throw some money down towards its future.

When you look at Vancouver as whole, it's easy to see that we're a city of extremes.