History

Surely most of you know the history of "Gassy" Jack Deighton and why he has a statue in his honour in Gastown (read THIS if you don't).

Here's an interesting history tidbit for anybody who's ever gone to the horse races at Hastings Park: they used to race cars there! It was on and off on this 1 mile dirt oval, with cars racing in 1907, 1911 to 1916, and then 1918 to 1927.

The look on the kid's face in this archival photo below (c/o the Vancouver Archives) pretty much sums up the entire experience of gymnasium life for most kids in Canada in the 1980s.

Here's another glimpse back on Vancouver's past thanks to the photo holdings of the Vancouver Archives. If you're scared of clowns this one who worked at the PNE in 1960's just might give you nightmares.

We took a 1990’s guide to Vancouver sightseeing so we could get a sense of how much the city has changed. Learn more about this series HERE. Photo: Jason Hopkins via Flickr. The End This Lonely Planet. My guide to Vancouver in the 90s.

Here's another glimpse back on Vancouver's past c/o the photo holdings of the Vancouver Archives.

c/o the 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.

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.