On Yellowhead Highway (Provincial Highway 16) 24.8 kilometers west of Icefields Parkway (Provincial Highway 93), on the right when traveling west.
[English] In the early 1920s, portions of the abandoned rail line through Yellowhead Pass became a rough trail for adventurous automobile travellers. Formal road construction did not begin until the 1940s. During the . . . — — Map (db m311996) HM
On Yellowhead Highway (Provincial Highway 16) 24.8 kilometers west of Icefields Parkway (Provincial Highway 93), on the right when traveling west.
[English] Yellowhead Pass, with its low elevation and gentle grade, seemed like a good choice when surveyors were looking for a route to connect British North America from coast to coast via a transcontinental . . . — — Map (db m311694) HM
On Yellowhead Highway (Provincial Highway 16) 24.8 kilometers west of Icefields Parkway (Provincial Highway 93), on the right when traveling west.
[English] This pass was used for brief periods from the mid-1820s to the early 1850s by the Hudson's Bay Company, principally to transport leather, especially moosehides, from the Saskatchewan District to its posts in New Caledonia. . . . — — Map (db m202600) HM
On Yellowhead Highway (Provincial Highway 16) 24.8 kilometers west of Icefields Parkway (Provincial Highway 93), on the right when traveling west.
[English] For thousands of years and long before it was named Yellowhead, this low pass was used by indigenous peoples. For Aboriginal people this corridor was an important travel and trade link, . . . — — Map (db m311697) HM
On Yellowhead Highway (Provincial Highway 16) 24.8 kilometers west of Icefields Parkway (Provincial Highway 93), on the right when traveling west.
[English] For centuries, Yellowhead Pass has been a travel route connecting people, places and wildlife. Human use of the pass spans from its early days as a passage for Aboriginal trade and travel, to its current . . . — — Map (db m311695) HM
Near Viewpoint Road 0.2 kilometers east of Kinney Lake Road, on the left when traveling east.
In 1942, over 21,000 Japanese Canadians were unjustifiably removed from British Columbia's coast. Despite their protests many men aged 19 to 60+ were torn from their families and sent to road camps like Red Pass. Internees gave 290,238 man-days of . . . — — Map (db m187875) HM
On Caine Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Simon Fraser's men cut the first spruce logs near the junction of the Nechako and Fraser Rivers in 1807 to construct Fort George. Starting near the original fort a century later, Prince George became in the 1940's the centre of the white spruce . . . — — Map (db m187962) HM
On Dease Lake Highway/Stewart-Cassiar Highway (Provincial Highway 37) 5.6 kilometers south of Bob Quinn Forest Service Road, on the right when traveling south.
Born of the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898, the 1,900 mile Dominion Telegraph Line linked Dawson City with Vancouver via the CPR wires through Ashcroft. Built in 1899-1901, the line blazed a route across this vast northern section of the Province but . . . — — Map (db m187925) HM
On Yellowhead Highway (Provincial Highway 16) 13 kilometers south of Cedarvale Ferry Road, on the right when traveling south.
From 1889, sternwheelers and smaller craft fought their way through the Coast Mountains, churning past such awesome places as “The Devil's Elbow” and “The Hornet's Nest”. Men and supplies were freighted upstream, furs and gold downstream. A quarter . . . — — Map (db m187963) HM
On Highway 62 just north of Tse Kya Road, on the left when traveling north.
First bridge built in 1856
Described as a graceful wooden spiderweb, the first Hagwilget Bridge was built by the indigenous population using only knives and axes. It was 150 feet long, and swayed 100 feet above the churning waters of the . . . — — Map (db m198556) HM
On Government Street at Bay Street, on the left when traveling north on Government Street.
Head of sternwheeler navigation on the Skeena. The town grew at the landing close to the Indian village of Gitenmaks. Crews from the Collins Telegraph arrived in 1866. Following them Omineca gold miners, Hudson’s Bay pack strings and “gandy . . . — — Map (db m9073) HM
On Yellowhead Highway (National Route 16), on the right when traveling west.
This site, once the largest village of the Bulkley Valley Indians, later was named after the pioneer missionary, Father Morice. Salmon, staple food of the Indian, concentrated in the canyon and were caught with basketry traps, dip-nets, and . . . — — Map (db m9072) HM
The Gitxsan are people of the Skeena River or River of Mist. For 10,000 years the Gitxsan have dwelled in their traditional territory and today approximately 13,000 members live in communities known as Gitwangak, Gitanyow, Gitsegukla, Hagwilget, . . . — — Map (db m187933) HM
On Columbia St, on the right when traveling south.
In 1825 diplomats representing Russia and Great Britain met in St. Petersburg to resolve several navigational, commercial and territorial matters in dispute on the North West coast of North America and in particular, the immediate . . . — — Map (db m292190) HM
On Crowsnest Highway (Provincial Highway 3) at Boundary Smelter Road, on the right when traveling east on Crowsnest Highway.
Although prospectors like "Jolly Jack” Thorton worked this area during the 1860s, Boundary Falls was not settled until the 1890s, when a new breed of miners flooded the district. Surrounded by mining properties, the Boundary Falls Smelter (also . . . — — Map (db m187917) HM
On British Columbia 395 0.1 kilometers east of Crowsnest Highway (Provincial Highway 3), on the left when traveling east.
Cascade came into being during the late-1890s as a bustling railway construction town claiming 17 hotels at its height. Its location along the Canada-U.S. border proved strategic for mining, freighting, and hydro-electricity. The early development . . . — — Map (db m187915) HM
On Crowsnest Highway (Provincial Highway 3) 2 kilometers west of Wilgas Lake Rest Area, on the left when traveling west.
In 1900, the CPR's Columbia & Western Railway penetrated the formidable mountains between Nelson and Midway, connecting the Boundary district to East Kootenay coalfields and beyond. Eholt, at the summit between Grand Forks and Greenwood, became the . . . — — Map (db m187908) HM
On Crowsnest Highway (Provincial Highway 3) 3.4 kilometers west of Stewart Creek Road, on the left when traveling west.
Doukhobors arrived in the Kootenay Boundary area in 1908. Persecuted in Russia for rejecting church rituals and military service, they were derisively named Doukhobors, or ‘Spirit Wrestlers’. Finding refuge in Canada, these Christian pacifists . . . — — Map (db m187884) HM
On Smelter Viewpoint at Butte Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Smelter Viewpoint.
During the prosperous years of the late 1890s, this street was one of the busiest thoroughfares in the province. Little wonder, for in those years copper was king, and Greenwood — incorporated as a city in 1897 — was the capital of the copper-rich . . . — — Map (db m187914) HM
On Smelter Viewpoint at Butte Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Smelter Viewpoint.
In this wilderness of rugged mountains, ore was first found in the late 1880's. Further prospects led to the building of a large smelter by the B.C. Copper Co. From 1901, copper, gold and silver poured from its furnaces. Fed by the great Motherlode . . . — — Map (db m187998) HM
On Crowsnest Highway (Provincial Highway 3) just west of Beamish Street, on the right when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
When the Midway to Hope section of the “K.V.” was completed in 1916 and joined with existing short lines, it formed a direct southern railroad from Alberta to the Pacific Coast. An important factor in advancing the economy of southern B.C., it has . . . — — Map (db m187941) HM
On 5th Avenue at Florence Street, on the right when traveling east on 5th Avenue.
Proximity to Boundary Creek mines, and excellent climate, water and soil convinced Midway promoters of a bright future as a "railway and residential town.” The Columbia & Western Railway reached Midway in 1900; five years later, the Vancouver, . . . — — Map (db m187938) HM
On BC-3B (Provincial Highway 3B) at Paterson-Trail Highway (Provincial Highway 22), on the right when traveling west on BC-3B.
You have entered the crater of an ancient volcano rich in minerals. The waste dumps are the remains of famous Rossland mines staked in 1890 by prospectors passing on the near-by Dewdney Trail. From these fabulously rich workings came 6,000,000 tons . . . — — Map (db m187953) HM
Near Paterson-Trail Highway (Provincial Highway 22) 1.1 kilometers north of King George Park Road, on the right when traveling west.
"A travel route north of the boundary line" was the cry in the 1860's when gold was found in the Kootenays. Edgar Dewdney built such a route — a trail 360 miles long from Coast to Rockies.
For over two decades it carried miners, settlers, gold . . . — — Map (db m187959) HM
On Beresford Street east of Silver Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Cliff Garten Studio
Bright Waters, 2021
Cast recycled concrete and crushed glass benches
Stainless steel luminaires and LED lights
Etched and painted granite
Bright Waters is a celebration of water in Burnaby and . . . — — Map (db m308036) HM
Near Kingsway (British Columbia Route 1A) east of Boundary Road, on the right when traveling east.
When New Westminster was incorporated as the first capital city of British Columbia in 1860, Colonel R.C. Moody, a Royal Engineer, developed a a plan to defend the city from American attack. Moody built the False Creek Trail (now Kingsway) to . . . — — Map (db m307941) HM
Near Kingsway (Provincial Highway 1A) east of Boundary Road, on the right when traveling east.
When the Province dedicated Central Park for the public's enjoyment in 1891, one of the first structures erected in the original picnic grounds was an octagonal Queen Anne styled bandstand. It served as a stage for civic events and as a shelter . . . — — Map (db m308039) HM
On Kingsway (Provincial Highway 1A) at Patterson Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Kingsway.
In 1935, to celebrate the Jubilee of King George V. Burnaby May Queen Clara Woodridge dedicated Jubilee Grove as a garden in Central Park. The garden was later chosen as site for the ceremonial dedication of an oak tree from the Royal Forest at . . . — — Map (db m308025) HM
On Imperial Street at Nelson Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Imperial Street.
In memory of our fallen comrades
World War I 1914 1918
World War II 1939 1945
Korea 1950 1953
They shall not grow old as we who are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them nor time condemn.
At the going down of the sun and . . . — — Map (db m307876) WM
Near Kingsway (Provincial Highway 1A) east of Boundary Road, on the right when traveling east.
This plaque was unveiled by Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince and Princess of Wales, to commemorate the dedication and opening of Variety Park Playground.
May 6, 1986
Burnaby, British Columbia — — Map (db m307949) HM
On Gunderson Road just south of Elevator Road, on the right when traveling south.
This site, on the world's greatest salmon river, lured many pioneer canners in the late 1860's and early 1870's. Pre-eminent was Alexander Ewen, a founder and first president of B.C. Packers, who established a cannery here in 1871. The new salmon . . . — — Map (db m187923) HM
Fort Langley was built by the Hudson's Bay Company
2˝ miles below this site in 1827, and moved here in
1839. It burned and was rebuilt in 1840. As fur
resources were exhausted, supply replaced trade as the
fort's major role. Here . . . — — Map (db m284484) HM
On Carnavon Street at McKenzie Street, on the left when traveling east on Carnavon Street.
This plaque was unveiled on October 21, 2000 as part of the New Westminster Public Library's celebration of 135 years of service to the community. It commemorates the Carnegie Library which opened on March 5, 1905 on this site and continued to . . . — — Map (db m32130) HM
On Royal Avenue at Merivale Street, on the right when traveling east on Royal Avenue.
Arriving in British Columbia from the United States in 1859, Scottish-born Capt. William Irving pioneered the riverboat trade of the lower Fraser River. In 1862-64, Royal Engineers built his fine home of California redwood in the popular San . . . — — Map (db m187992) HM
On Columbia Street at 4th Street on Columbia Street.
On September 10 & 11, 1898,
fire destroyed the
downtown portion of
the City. After the
conflagration only these two
major buildings in this area remained:
the Burr Block
and the Queens Hotel.
This marker is placed in
recognition . . . — — Map (db m32209) HM
The New Westminster Court House
The Court House was designed by architect George William Grant and opened on June 3, 1891 by the first colonial judge and Chief Justice for British Columbia, Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie.
On September 10, . . . — — Map (db m33185) HM
The Pacific Great Eastern Railway Station was built to service a rail link between North Vancouver westward along Howe Sound to the interior of the province. The foot of Lonsdale became a busy transportation hub in the early days of the community as . . . — — Map (db m31979) HM
On Esplanade West 0.1 kilometers south of Mission Road, on the left when traveling south.
{In English:} The oldest surviving mission church in the Vancouver area has long been a focal point of the Mission Reserve. Chief Snat, a renowned Squamish leader, assisted by the Oblate missionaries, was largely responsible for building the . . . — — Map (db m32481) HM
On Esplanade Avenue 0.4 kilometers north of Murray Street, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
Colonel R.C. Moody, R.E., recognized the potential value of Burrard Inlet for military defence. Named in his honour, Port Moody became the western terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Although a branch line was built in 1887 to the growing city . . . — — Map (db m187971) HM
On Grant McConachie Way, on the right when traveling west.
This plaque commemorates the successful partnership between the Vancouver International Airport Authority and B.C. Hydro in developing efficient and economical electrical power solutions as well as their commitment to energy efficiency and . . . — — Map (db m255436) HM
On Grant McConachie Way, on the right when traveling west.
Commemorating the start of construction of the new International Terminal and Third Runway, and dedicated to those who share the vision of Canada's Pacific Gateway,
March 25 1993.
—————————————————
Cette plaque qui commemore le . . . — — Map (db m255434) HM
In commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States Consulate General in Vancouver, on behalf of the people of the United States, wishes to thank the people of British Columbia for their . . . — — Map (db m262193) HM WM
On Grant McConachie Way, on the right when traveling west.
Officially opened by the
Right Honourable Jean Chrétien
and by the
Honourable David Anderson
Minister of Transport Canada
May 1996
————————————
Inaugurée par
le trčs honorable Jean Chrétien
Premier ministre du . . . — — Map (db m255437) HM
Near Railway Avenue at Westwater Drive, on the right when traveling south.
日系漁師碑
[Translation: "Japanese Fisherman Monument"]
This statue is dedicated to the pioneering Japanese fishermen and the generations
that followed for their contributions . . . — — Map (db m284486) HM
On Fourth Avenue at Moncton Street, on the right when traveling south on Fourth Avenue.
West Coast Fishery
For thousands of years the fishery has been vitally important
to people on Canada's west coast. It provided food for
Aboriginal peoples and is still an essential element of their
culture. Commercial fishing . . . — — Map (db m284485) HM
Preparing the Land
When John Stewart acquired this land in 1880, only basic land clearing had occurred. The blackberry bushes and hardhack marsh provided hospitable habitat for birds and small animals, but was not suitable for successful . . . — — Map (db m61051) HM
Community Building
The first permanent structure in Elgin was the Elgin Hotel (1870). It was built as a convenient stop-over point for travellers between New Westminster and Blaine.
In 1875, four years before the incorporation of the . . . — — Map (db m60900) HM
River Routes
Located near the intersection of the King George VI Highway and the Nicomekl River, the Port Elgin area has been a crossroads for various forms of traffic for thousands of years. For centuries prior to the arrival of the first . . . — — Map (db m63715) HM
Settlement History
First Nations settlements and seasonal hunting and fishing camps existed at the mouths of rivers and along the coastal shoreline for thousands of years before Europeans reached the West Coast. These sites were near . . . — — Map (db m60901) HM
On 0 Avenue (Interstate 5), on the left when traveling south.
This unfortified boundary line between the
Dominion of Canada
and the
United States of America
should quicken the remembrance of the more than century old friendship between these countries
A lesson of peace to . . . — — Map (db m27450) HM
This trail was an ancient Indian travel-way linking tribal villages in the south to salmon grounds of the Fraser River.
The first white explorers, lead by Chief Trader James McMillan of the Hudson’s Bay Company passed here in December of 1824. . . . — — Map (db m60820) HM
A Trading Post on the Fraser
In 1824, James McMillan of the Hudson’s Bay Company and a party of forty-seven passed this shore on an exploratory trip from Fort George (Astoria) at the mouth of the Columbia River to the Fraser River. They . . . — — Map (db m61525) HM
On Powell Street at Carrall Street on Powell Street.
John Deighton was born in Hull, England. He was an adventurer, river boat pilot and captain, but best known for his "gassy" monologues as a saloonkeeper. His Deighton House Hotel, erected here on the first subdivided lot, burned in the Great . . . — — Map (db m40204) HM
On West Pender Street close to Hamilton Street, on the right when traveling east.
This building is an integral part of the Victory Square area dating back to 1929. The facade was renovated in 1948 by architect W.H. Birmingham. It was given Neo-classical treatments including a decorative cornice installed below the original . . . — — Map (db m54517) HM
On Water Street, on the right when traveling west.
William Harold Malkin, a wholesale grocer and general merchant, built three warehouses on Water Street within eight years. This massive brick and timber warehouse, his third, was constructed to meet the growing demand. The W.H. Malkin Co. prospered . . . — — Map (db m236408) HM
On Stanley Park Drive, on the left when traveling west.
You are standing on thousands of years of history. The clearing around Lumbermen's Arch has been the perfect gathering spot for generations.
Place of the Mask
The local Coast Salish named this site Xwdyxway (pronounced whoi . . . — — Map (db m236022) HM
On Carrall Street, on the left when traveling south.
This hotel dates back to 1887, part of the rapid development of the city prior to and upon arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The original hotel here, known as Tremont House, was a wood frame building with a second floor balcony spanning the . . . — — Map (db m236472) HM
On West Cordova Street, on the right when traveling west.
To commemorate those in the service of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company who, at the call of King and Country, left all that was dear to them, endured hardship, faced danger and finally passed out of sight of men by the path of duty and self . . . — — Map (db m277574) WM
On Burrard Street at Nelson Street, on the right when traveling north on Burrard Street.
This landmark building, completed in 1957 as the head office for BC Electric Company, is a significant example of the Internationalist style of modern architecture. Floors are cantilevered from a central load bearing concrete core and supported by . . . — — Map (db m32348) HM
On West Hastings Street, on the right when traveling north.
BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines
Architect: John C. Day
This was built in 1926 as the corporate offices for the Royal Financial Trust Co., in Classical and Gothic ornamentation with terra cotta cladding. By 1931 the company was . . . — — Map (db m236785) HM
Near Stanley Park Drive, on the right when traveling west.
During its heyday, the Brockton Point Lighthouse played a key role in guiding ships safely in and out of Coal Harbour.
Early Warning System
The first Brockton Point lighthouse, built in 1890, alerted ships to shore-related dangers and . . . — — Map (db m198612) HM
Built to service the trading forts of the Hudson's Bay Company, the BEAVER regularly steamed the H.B.C.s territory between Puget Sound and Russian Alaska for 24 years. In 1862, the BEAVER was chartered to the Royal Navy and, after a refit, began a . . . — — Map (db m236206) HM
CARVED IN 1987 BY NISGA’A ARTIST NORMAN TAIT ALONG with his son Isaac, brother Robert, and nephew Ron Telek, this pole depicts how the Tait family's Eagle clan adopted the beaver as their crest, and how the eagle and raven met and shared the . . . — — Map (db m236192) HM
The local Coast Salish people gathered clams and mussels along these shores when this lagoon was a saltwater inlet of Coal Harbour.
[caption] Lost Lagoon got its name in the earl 1900s from Canadian poet Pauline Johnson, who presented the name . . . — — Map (db m236365) HM
On Carrall Street, on the left when traveling north.
The Byrnes Block was built after the fire of 1886 by George Byrnes. It stands on the site of the Deighton House, Gassy Jack Deighton’s second saloon and hotel.
The buildings housed the Alhambra Hotel, one of the city's fancier hotels at the . . . — — Map (db m236463) HM
Canada Pacific Railway Station
Architects: Barott, Blackader & Webster
As the terminus for the Canadian Pacific Railway, this site has been an important landmark since the completion of the railway in 1886. This Neo-Classical . . . — — Map (db m236312) HM
From May 2, to October 13, 1986, Canada Place was the home of the Canada Pavillion at the 1986 World Exposition. The Canada Pavillion images depicted in this sculpture represent the enterprise, excellence, and beauty of Canada, whose . . . — — Map (db m236378) HM
Canada Place was the Canadian Pacific Railway's Pier B-C ocean liner terminal in the 1920s. In 1982, the Government of Canada redeveloped it as the Canadian Pavilion for The Expo '86 World Fair and dedicated it as a legacy for the Canadian people. . . . — — Map (db m236308) HM
On Granville Street close to West Hastings Street.
In the early 20th century, bank buildings were designed to recall classical temples and evoke a sense of permanence and dignity. The Neo-Classical design, imposing Ionic columns, decorative stonework, and prominent roof cornice of this building make . . . — — Map (db m33025) HM
This eclectic 1903 building was one of 2,507 public libraries paid for by the Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie, the richest person in the world when he retired in 1901. Carnegie believed in the "Gospel of Wealth" and gave away 90% of . . . — — Map (db m32318) HM
On West Hastings Street, on the right when traveling east.
Ceperley Rounsefell Building
Architects: Sharp and Thompson
Built in 1921, this was the headquarters of one of the province's largest insurance and real estate firms with roots going back to the city's incorporation. Henry . . . — — Map (db m236783) HM
[Side 1]
In memory of eight persons who lost their lives
on the Chehalis sunk by the Princess Victoria
on July 21, 1906, at 2.p.m. opposite this spot.
[Side 2]
Percy James Chick ·
Wm Alfred Bertrand Hutton ·
Mamie Louice Bryce . . . — — Map (db m236125) HM
AN OLDER VERSION OF THIS POLE WAS RAISED IN THE Haida village of Skidegate about 1870. It honours the Raven Chief of Skedans and depicts the chief's hereditary crests. The two tiny figures in the bear's ears are the chief's daughter and son-in-law . . . — — Map (db m236187) HM
IN KWAKWAKA'WAKW (KWAKIUTL) CEREMONIES, CARVED staffs called talking sticks are held by people making important speeches on behalf of a chief. This pole represents the talking stick and characters in an Owikeno story belonging to Chief Wakas. The . . . — — Map (db m236193) HM
Cordage Building
Architect: Hugh Braunton
This residential hotel built in 1911 replaced an older section of the Granville Hotel which had connected to what is now the Grand Hotel to the west. Its elegant Edwardian and Classical . . . — — Map (db m236411) HM
Near Stanley Park Drive when traveling north. Reported missing.
Originally built to access the North Shore, the Lions Gate Bridge is now one of the city's busiest thoroughfares with over 60,000 vehicles driving across each day.
Tension over the Suspension
In 1927, Vancouverites voted against building a . . . — — Map (db m198590) HM
On Seymour Street just south of Dunsmuir Street, on the left when traveling north.
This unusual building is one of the few surviving Art Deco buildings in downtown Vancouver. Its roofline an exuberant crenelated cornice built in cast concrete and designed in a curvilinear waterfall theme. Downing is best known as the architect of . . . — — Map (db m41926) HM
Near Stanley Park Drive, on the right when traveling west.
As ships navigated the Narrows' powerful tidal flows, they relied on warnings from the Prospect Point Lighthouse to stay clear of its rocky hazards.
Response to Disaster
In 1888, just off this point, the historic steamship S.S. Beaver ran . . . — — Map (db m198611) HM
Once a thriving logging town, the downtown of Vancouver's skyline is now dominated by
residential and retail developments, corporate headquarters, hotels and the distinctive
"sails" of the convention and cruise ship centre. The City of Vancouver . . . — — Map (db m236126) HM
On Beatty Street at Dunsmuir Street, on the right when traveling north on Beatty Street.
This fortress-like building has served as the drill hall and armoury for the British Columbia Regiment since its opening by HRH the Duke of Cornwall and York in 1901. The solid building with three-foot thick walls, was constructed of Gabriola Island . . . — — Map (db m54225) HM
James Till PhD and Ernest McCulloch MD are globally recognized as the Fathers of Stem Cell Science for their research in the 1960s at the Ontario Cancer Institute and Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto. They received Canada's Gairdner . . . — — Map (db m236487) HM
On Water Street at Cambie Street, on the left when traveling west on Water Street.
On this site the Regina Hotel, the only building in Gastown to survive the fire of 1886. A small group of men trapped in the building fought to save their lives and managed to save the building as well. The Regina was demolished in 1906 and replaced . . . — — Map (db m236401) HM
On Stanley Park Drive, on the right when traveling south.
This area was the site of a coast defence fort manned during WW II
1939-1945
by The Royal Canadian Artillery
Batteries
31st Heavy
58th Heavy
85th Heavy — — Map (db m54578) HM
On West Hastings Street at Granville Street, on the left when traveling north on West Hastings Street.
In 1888, the Bank of British Columbia and the Bank of Montreal became the first of many financial institutions to open their offices on Hastings Street west of Cambie. By 1912, Hastings was firmly established as the city's financial district with . . . — — Map (db m236313) HM
First Known AIDS Memorial
Planted on October 20, 1985
The grove was planted, and this plaque donated by staff friends and loved ones of AIDS Vancouver.
This grove of cherry trees is a living monument, planted in loving . . . — — Map (db m236211) HM
In the area then known as West Capilano, and today as Ambleside, a former Canadian Pacific Railway conductor. John Lawson, purchased land in 1906. He moved his family there the following year, Lawson had big ideas for his land, which he christened . . . — — Map (db m235892) HM
On West Hastings Street at Cambie Street, on the right when traveling west on West Hastings Street.
Thomas Flack commissioned this landmark commercial building in 1898, following his return from a prosperous venture to the Klondike gold fields. Completed in 1900, it framed one of the city's most prominent intersections, facing the first provincial . . . — — Map (db m53619) HM
This grassy area, now Devonian Harbour Park, represents lavers of historic use from early settlement to industrial waterfront.
Coal Harbour
In 1859 Captain George Henry Richards from the British Royal Navy named this bay Coal Harbour, . . . — — Map (db m235893) HM
GA'AKSTALAS, CARVED BY WAYNE ALFRED AND BEAU DICK IN 1991, is based on a design by Russell Smith. The pole depicts many important figures in Kwakwaka'wakw culture. Red Cedar-bark Man is an ancestor who survived the great flood and gave the people . . . — — Map (db m236188) HM
This clock is located at the western boundary of the old Granville townsite, known as Gastown. In 1870, the shore of Burrard Inlet was only a few yards north of this point. Through the early 1900's, Gastown was the commercial centre of Vancouver. . . . — — Map (db m236389) HM
George Leslie's Lane Cottage
Builder: George Leslie
This circa 1901 Yaletown home was relocated to Mole Hill in 2002 and restored by the Vancouver Heritage Foundation. It was originally situated on the lane at [t]he rear of . . . — — Map (db m236746) HM
On Water Street, on the right when traveling west.
Greenshields Building
Builder: J.J. McLuckie
This former Warehouse was constructed in 1901-02 as two separate buildings designed to appear as one. Greenshields, Son & Company was a prominent Montreal-based dry goods firm which . . . — — Map (db m236396) HM
Commemorating the pioneering of the work of the Salvation Army in Vancouver. It was on this clearing the Salvation Army erected a rugged shelter, picnic tables, and then held services of song. In the silent atmosphere of early Burrard Inlet, the . . . — — Map (db m236209) HM
"The will to do, the soul to dare"
Sir Walter Scott
Harry Winston Jerome
Born September 30, 1940
Died December 7, 1982
British Columbia's Athlete
of the Century 1871-1971
World Records
1960 100 yards 9.3 seconds
. . . — — Map (db m236027) HM
Her Majesty's Canadian Ship Discovery was commissioned on November 1, 1941. Thousands of men and women have been recruited and trained at these naval reserve facilities of Deadman's Island for service to Canada in peace and war.
World War . . . — — Map (db m236197) HM
Here stood
Hamilton
First Land Commissioner
Canadian Pacific Railway
1885
in the silent solitude
of the primeval forest
He drove a wooden stake
in the earth and commenced
to measure an empty land
into the streets of . . . — — Map (db m40645) HM
On West Georgia Street at Howe Street, on the right when traveling north on West Georgia Street.
This distinguished hovel designed in the Georgian Revival style was opened in 1927 by Edward Prince of Vale, who later became King Edward VII. Though the 1920s prominent buildings such as this were quickly replacing the area's early houses and . . . — — Map (db m236323) HM
On Hornby Street, on the left when traveling north.
Architects: John S. Archibald & John Schofield
In 1887, the first Hotel Vancouver opened at Georgia and Granville Streets. It was replaced in 1916 by more lavish building at the same location. In 1928, construction began on the third and . . . — — Map (db m236318) HM
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