History

I know, I know... I keep sharing photos of stumps and logs in the middle of downtown Vancouver in our ongoing stream of archival photo posts.

A couple weeks back I posted this photo of some dudes hanging out on and around a massive tree they had fallen near where the Scotia Tower is now, on Georgia Street.

Mark Truelove of Canadian Colour has been on a tear as of late, colourizing archival photos from Vancouver and Toronto.

Here's a timely find from the City of Vancouver Archives. This photo shows a group of refugees gathered under and around a temporary shelter after the great fire destroyed most of Vancouver in 1886.

This image from the City of Vancouver Archives shows some structures built on the shores of what is now Coal Harbour by the Squamish First Nations people, before the city was founded in 1868.

The topic of ride sharing has been a hot one today as it looks like Uber might be getting a shake at the Vancouver market sooner than later.

We've published a lot of photos from the City of Vancouver Archives over the years but somehow none have felt as "wild West" as this one shot in 1887 looking West down Cordova Street from Carrall.

This photo below was shared on the Nostalgic/Sentimental Vancouver Facebook Page that I recommended you follow right now.

You should really take a closer look at this photo from the City of Vancouver Archives. This C.P.R. "Bachelors Hall" as they called it housed railway workers on False Creek.

Another great find in the City of Vancouver's Archives today! Labelled as "A huge log near the corner of Georgia Street and Seymour Street" this photo brings us back 91 years before the Scotia Tower was erected near this spot. Land baron J.W.