History

Jon Murray / The Province. 1995 Vancouver Public Library Moshe Safdie’s ambitious design for the Vancouver Public Library main branch, modeled on the Roman Colosseum, was finally realized after two years of construction.

City of Vancouver Archives, SGN 1547. Photo C. Bradbury. 1891 Great Northern Cannery At a time when logging and canneries were the only significant industries, the Great Northern Cannery opened in West Vancouver in 1891.

City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 392-1044, Gordon Sedawie, via Vancouver Sun. 1971 Jimmy Cunningham Perhaps the person most closely associated with the building of the Stanley Park Seawall.

Esto Photographics. No. 85EE-1. 1968 MacMillan Bloedel A local brutalist landmark, the MacMillan Bloedel, or MacBlo, building at Thurlow and Georgia was designed by Arthur Erickson.

Whistler Museum and Archives Society. 1965 Whistler Named for the vocal marmots that make their home on the mountain, Whistler Mountain Resort is now home to all kinds of wildlife, including ski bunnies and powder hounds.

Glenn Baglo / Vancouver Sun. 1978 Folk Fest Vancouver’s first annual Folk Fest begins lulling listeners at Brockton Point, Stanley Park. View the entire Metro Vancouver History 365 Series HERE .

PNG. 1984 Chief of the Undersea World Chief of the Undersea World is one of Bill Reid’s larger creations. It depicts an orca whale and was unveiled in 1984 at the entrance to the Vancouver Aquarium.

Rick Loughran / The Province. 1985 Fantasy Gardens Before becoming premier of British Columbia, Bill Vander Zalm opened Fantasy Gardens, designed like a medieval village around extensive and well-kept gardens.

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Colin Price / The Province. 1993 Momiji Garden Beautiful reminder.