History

Over 5,000 archival photos added to the Vancouver Archives website

The images are from Don Coltman, a World War I veteran who took up photography after leaving the army.

Feb 3, 2022 11:51 AM Read more >

Early 1930s tourism film shows off Vancouver as 'Canada's Evergreen Playground' (VIDEO)

Take a look at this silent film to see how much of Vancouver life has changed...and what remains the same

Feb 1, 2022 1:32 PM Read more >

Streetcars in the forest: See what Kitsilano’s busiest street looked like a century ago (PHOTOS)

There wasn't a yoga studio or brunch place in sight

Jan 31, 2022 3:10 PM Read more >

Inside the Vancouver Archives: Building a better sewer system to serve the city

After years of typhoid outbreaks and beach pollution, in 1913 Vancouver had to make drastic changes to its sewage system

Jan 30, 2022 8:00 AM Read more >

Vancouver Cold Case Files: The Babes in the Woods murder mystery still haunts the city

It's one of Vancouver's oldest and most fascinating unsolved murder cases

Jan 28, 2022 12:21 PM Read more >

Check out these 5 fascinating finds from the Museum of Vancouver (VIDEO)

Its collection includes one famous local otter mascot! 🦦

Jan 28, 2022 12:13 PM Read more >

Everything you wanted to know about Vancouver's Trout Lake (VIDEO)

This former peat bog got the ultimate makeover.

Jan 27, 2022 12:44 PM Read more >

Historic footage shows first part of the Sea to Sky highway from nearly 50 years ago (VIDEO)

It's an early dashcam view of the drive to Squamish - before the highway to Whistler was even paved.

Jan 27, 2022 9:32 AM Read more >

'Everything was primitive and barbarous': 1912 brochure sells a new suburban dream of West Vancouver

Back over a century ago, when the former wilderness of West Van was advertised as 'A Suburb in the Making'

Jan 26, 2022 2:25 PM Read more >

Were people 'glamping' in Vancouver's West End 130 years ago? (PHOTOS)

"This is so 1892 of us!"

Jan 25, 2022 5:08 PM Read more >