Historic map shows forgotten names for Vancouver locations
City of Vancouver archivist Major JS Matthews made a map in 1943 showing old place names for the city, neighbourhoods, creeks, rivers, islands, and more.
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Vancouver Archives marks 90 years of saving the city
The Vancouver Archives has all sorts of historical matter in its collection, including photos, maps and architectural drawings
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Vancouver's city archives aims to preserve history. It has a colourful past of its own
The City of Vancouver Archives houses enough five-inch acid-free boxes of records to stretch eight kilometres if placed end to end. It's a long way from the archive's modest beginnings, when a mercurial figure known as Major James Skitt Matthews packed up the city's collection and took it to his house in "a fit of pique."
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How the city was destroyed in the great Vancouver fire 136 years ago
In the late 1800s, what we now know as the great Vancouver fire ravaged the city, destroying the entirety of it to a crisp.
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HistoriCity: These are the oldest photos ever taken of Vancouver
Vancouver is a fairly young city when compared to other places in Canada, but we were able to track down the oldest photos ever taken.
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