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  2. Nov 22 2022, 12:38 pm. City of Vancouver Archives, AM54-S4-: St Pk N4/Major Matthews. Vancouver is one of the youngest cities in Canada, having been incorporated in 1886, and we found some of the oldest photos of Vancouver that were ever taken. ADVERTISEMENT. The photos are approximately 136 years old.

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    Burrard Dry Dock in North Vancouver was a major builder of Allied supply ships. German submarine attacks created a great need for replacement cargo vessels to keep Britain supplied. Once an industrial mainstay, the waterfront of North Vancouver's Lonsdale area now attracts more tourists than riveters. Watch as the waterfront transforms from 2019 to...

    Sea Island in Richmond was home to a Boeing factory for PBY Catalinas: seaplanes that served as scout, search and rescue and anti-submarine craft. "It was kind of an ugly duckling," explained Jack Nellist, who, at 16, worked there as a draftsman. "It was an ancient aircraft, actually, but it was ideal." Harbour Air currently occupies the last vesti...

    Lower Mainland beaches and parks were commandeered as bases, shore defences and anti-aircraft batteries. Kitsilano Beach, on May 1, 1943, became a battlefield for amphibious assault training. While the Kitsilano Beach of 2019 is often invaded by sunbathers, on May 1, 1943, soldiers stormed the beach as part of a war game: Credit: Ben Nelms/CBC; Cit...

    Another piece of Vancouver's military role during the war can be seen at Point Grey and the Museum of Anthropology. The museum was built over old fortifications from the early 1940s that were equipped with large guns to attack naval targets, as fears of an attack by Japan grew. "The guns on Point Grey were pretty old. They went back to the beginnin...

    Fears of a Japanese attack culminated in the internment and dispossession of about 22,000 Japanese Canadians. Grace Eiko Thomson was seven years old in 1942 when her family in Paueru Gai — also called Japantown, on Powell Street in the Downtown Eastside — was deported to Minto, a mining town near Lillooet. "I thought we were taking a holiday [excep...

  3. Oct 7, 2021 · Vancouver is a gorgeous city, and pretty much everywhere you look there is a gorgeous backdrop. Surrounded by mountains and water, we’re sure you’ll love visiting the Glass City! Our complete list of the best places to take photos in Vancouver is:

  4. Browse 402,242 authentic vancouver bc stock photos, high-res images, and pictures, or explore additional vancouver bc skyline or summer vancouver bc stock images to find the right photo at the right size and resolution for your project.

  5. The online Historical Photographs Database provides access to over 38,000 digitized images. We are continuing to scan images and add them to the website. Search our historical photographs. Expand All. Collapse All. About Our Historical Photographs. Order Digital Reproductions.

  6. Oct 7, 2021 · There is a very rare Devine photo of Gastown, pre-fire, for $1,750, several photos of gold mining in the Fraser Canyon and some scenic shots taken along the Canadian Pacific Railway line ...

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