History

img: Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections, VPL 9498 1900 Yick Lung Jin Tailors The employees of Yick Lung Jin, Merchant Tailors, seen in this 1900 photo, would have been affected by the Chinese immigration head tax first imposed in 1885.

img: City of Vancouver Archives, SGN 50. Photo Charles S.

City of Vancouver Archives, Can P3 1886 First passenger train The first CPR passenger train arrived in Port Moody from Montreal across the newly completed transcontinental line on July 4, 1886.

img: Harbour Publishing Archives 1885 Hand fallers Standing tall to fell a Douglas fir in Kitsilano, these two men were engaged in one of the first major industries of Vancouver — logging. View the entire Metro Vancouver History 365 Series HERE .

The Second Wave of Urban Reform improved Canadian cities through professionals and technology. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdG9qCrxIx0 Sam Sullivan is publishing 3 minute video blogs on British Columbia history and issues.

img: Harbour Publishing Archives 1873 Our first ferry Vancouver’s first ferry started across Burrard Inlet in 1873. Named the Eleanora , it was more commonly known as the Sudden Jerk . View the entire Metro Vancouver History 365 Series HERE .

img; City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 677-347 1873 McCleery farmhouse A genteel oasis on a wild coast, the McCleery farmhouse was built in 1873, one of the first buildings within the current boundaries of Vancouver.

img: BCARS PDP 00501 1871 Canadian Confederation With a gun salute and trumpets and horns, British Columbia entered the Canadian Confederation in 1871. Canada got its western coastline, and BC its debt removed and a trans-Canada railway.

img; Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections, VPL 151. H.T. Devine photo 1871 First Post Office Vancouver’s first postmaster was Maximilian “Maxie” Michaud, who made the astounding trip from Montreal to Vancouver by foot, arriving in July 1869.

img: Dominion Photo Co. photo, Vancouver Public Library VPL 24322 1870 Gastown Vancouver began with a saloon.