History

Vancouver Archives CVA 1184-3432 - Goodyear blimp marked as NC-7A Volunteer on the ground by Jack Lindsay Look up in the sky! That's no bird, nor is it the Millennium Falcon! Why, it's the Goodyear Blimp! That signature advertising billboard in the s

City of Vancouver Archives, Out P288. Photo George W. Edwards 1894 Great Flood This man was able to row alongside the rail line following the worst flood to ever strike BC.

City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 1376-81 1934 Dominion Day Arriving on Dominion Day (what we now know as Canada Day), the first United Airlines flight landed at the Vancouver Airport.

City of Vancouver Archives, Be P10. Joseph Frederick Spalding photo 1931 English Bay In 1931, frequenters of English Bay welcomed a brand new art deco style bathhouse, replacing the original that was built 26 years prior.

British Columbia was once governed by a private business corporation from which emerged our modern province. https://youtu.be/0aYRVDFhqpU Sam Sullivan is publishing 3 minute video blogs on British Columbia history and issues.

City of Vancouver Archives, LGN 1048. Photo Harry T. Devine 1888 Stanley Park Mayor David Oppenheimer officially opened Stanley Park to the public on September 27, 1888.

City of Vancouver Archives, SGN 20 1889 Granville Street Bridge In January, 1889 Vancouver welcomed the opening of the Granville Street Bridge. It was 732 meters long and cost $16,000 to construct.

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.