History

If you read our history book, Vancouver WAS Awesome , you'd have already known that on July 26th, 1888 a ship called the S.S. Beaver met its demise on what is now the Stanley Park Seawall.

We took a 1990’s guide to Vancouver sightseeing so we could get a sense of how much the city has changed. Follow this disjointed adventure as it unfolds, or learn more about the series HERE. Gastown I’m sorry.

For the past few months we've been sharing a daily(ish) photo on our Facebook Page taken from the vast collection of holdings of the City of Vancouver Archives.

We took a 1990’s guide to Vancouver sightseeing so we could get a sense of how much the city has changed. Follow this disjointed adventure as it unfolds, or learn more about the series HERE. Where it all started.

We took a 1990’s guide to Vancouver sightseeing so we could get a sense of how much the city has changed. Follow this disjointed adventure as it unfolds, or learn more about the series HERE.

We took a 1990’s guide to Vancouver sightseeing so we could get a sense of how much the city has changed. Follow this disjointed adventure as it unfolds, or learn more about the series HERE.

We took a 1990’s guide to Vancouver sightseeing so we could get a sense of how much the city has changed. Check out the colourful West End.

In 2015, we took a 1990’s guide to Vancouver sightseeing so we could get a sense of how much the city has changed. Here's a look at Stanley Park.

We’re setting out on an offbeat tour of Vancouver and want you to come along! Over the next several weeks self-proclaimed historian, writer, and Vancouver resident, David Look will use a Lonely Planet Vancouver guidebook published in 1999 to embark o