History

Have you checked out our history show BC Was Awesome yet? In it I travel the province unearthing weird and wonderful stories from our province's past.

Glenn Baglo / PNG. 2010 Gray Whale Sighting Vancouverites were wowed by a gray whale that hung around English Bay for a few days and even entered False Creek.

PNG. 2008 Richmond Olympic Oval Legacy building. The Richmond Olympic Oval would serve as a multi-purpose civic centre after the Olympics. The roof makes use of wood salvaged from the pine beetle epidemic.

Artray photo, Vancouver Public Library VPL 81242. 1950 The Ridge Theatre The Ridge Theatre, known for screening everything from high-art films to low-brow animation festivals, livened up Arbutus Street. The theatre shut their doors for good in 2013.

City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-3280. Photo Stuart Thomson. 1920 Japanese Canadian War Memorial War sentinel.

Dominion Photo Co. photo, Vancouver Public Library VPL 27129. 1919 Jones Tent and Awning Workplace Charles Jones is seen at the sewing machine in this photo of the interior of the then new Jones Tent and Awning workplace.

Photo: Watson Gloves. 1918 Watson Gloves Salesmen checking the new stock before they head off to work, these men were part of a long local tradition at Watson Gloves. Founded in 1918, the company still makes more than 1,000 gloves daily.

City of Vancouver Archives. Ref: AM1616-: CVA 136-082. 1895 William H. Malkin William H. Malkin arrived in Vancouver in the midst of a recession on January 1, 1895.

Did you know that British Columbia has its own language? Chinook Wawa is intimately linked with the history of BC and was spoken widely by native and non native people. Why not learn to speak British Columbian? https://www.youtube.

City of Vancouver Archives, Port P1494.2. Photo Stuart Thomson. 1936 Vancouver Cricket Team Game of stars.