In 1996 La Joie de Vivre is alive and well in Vancouver, in the Coquitlam neighborhood known as Maillardville and in the homes of some 55,000 French-Canadians and another 10,000 French- speaking Canadians from France living...
The first Vancouver civic election, May 3, 1886, was a crooked affair and, though the “good guy” won, only the chaos of the Great Fire saved it from being declared null and void.
In the 1860s the First Nations people living in the village of Sun’ahk near today’s Granville Island were the only residents of Fairview. Their fishing weir at the mouth of the tidal bay formed by the sandbar (that would...
Greater Vancouver residents have solid reasons for believing ours is a sophisticated, cosmopolitan place, but to much of the world its chief importance is as a gateway to a vast, natural world.
As a young boy in Romania, Spiro Floresco enjoyed playing in the shadows of the castle that once belonged to Vlad the Impaler--fictionalized as Dracula. But as a young adult, the shadows were cast by communism and Floresco...
Canadians of Dutch descent have made their homes in Vancouver and the surrounding area for more than a century, leaving their marks on both the landscape and society. Others of Dutch origin just passed through or lived and...
What do Vancouver, the City and Township of New Westminster, White Rock, West Vancouver, Langley and Chilliwack all have in common? They are the only areas within Greater Vancouver whose animal control pounds and the Society...
Designated Heritage Structures & Historical Sites
In the past year, bronze markers have been appearing on some of Vancouver’s most distinguished and historic buildings. The triangular shape, blue color and wavy design are drawn from the city crest. Each plaque identifies...
Vancouver has become one of the most significant ports in the passenger-shipping world, home base for what is the industry’s most profitable market on a per-passenger basis.
Diplomacy is the primary vehicle by which nations communicate political concerns, negotiate trade deals, settle disputes and protect the interests of their citizens abroad. At the senior diplomatic level are the embassies...
In 1928 Harland Bartholomew submitted Vancouver’s first city plan to council with these words: “Few cities’ possess such a combination of nearby natural resources, a splendid harbor, a terrain ideally suited for urban...
One of British Columbia’s most prolific sculptors, Charles Marega (he changed his name from Carlos in the 1920s when he became a Canadian citizen) was born September 24, 1871 in Lucinico, in the commune of Gorizia, then...
Whether it be Fort Langley, Deadman’s Island, Forest Lawn, Mountain View, Capilano View, New Westminster’s Fraser Cemetery or Surrey’s Victory Memorial, the cemeteries of the region provide a pastoral “pleasure...
Captain George Vancouver, the first European to explore the inner waters of Burrard Inlet, was born in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, on June 22, 1757. He was of Dutch ancestry, descended from the titled Van Coeverden family, whose...
After the Colony of British Columbia was officially established in 1858, a hand-picked contingent of Royal Engineers was sent out from England to survey and map areas along the Fraser River and to set up military reserves....
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