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Douglas Park
Carved out of the 160 acre parcel preempted by William Mackie in 1874, Douglas Park, was laid out in 1926 by the former Municipality of Point Grey. It has been the site of a lake and beaver dam, early logging camps, pasture for oxen used to haul…
c̓əsnaʔəm
"c̓əsnaʔəm, one of our Musqueam villages, existed on the stal̕əw̓ (now called the Fraser River) long before Vancouver was founded... Today, c̓əsnaʔəm has been paved over and built upon, yet it remains part of our territory, culture, and…
Arbutus Corridor
Originally called the Vancouver & Lulu Island Railway, the Arbutus Corridor runs between False Creek and Marpole and was the route of the Vancouver-Steveston interurban line, run by the BC Electric company. Photo credit Madeleine de Trenqualye.
Kerrisdale Cyclone Taylor Arena
The birthplace of rock ‘n roll in Vancouver, Kerrisdale Arena was just a few years old when Bill Haley and the Comets played a concert before 6,000 jiving, screaming teenagers on June 27, 1956.
Kerrisdale Community Centre (Point Grey Municipal Hall)
Since 1955, the Kerrisdale Community Centre has occupied the site of the Point Grey Municipal Hall, which helped establish Kerrisdale as the main shopping village on the city’s west side. Point Grey separated from South Vancouver in 1908 and…
Celtic Cannery
Built by the Welch Bros., Celtic Cannery opened in 1897 and in 1902, BC Packers purchased Celtic Island and Deering Island to form Celtic Shipyards. About 25 Japanese families employed in the fishing industry resided in single family homes on the…
Historic Joy Kogawa House
Author Joy Kogawa spent her early years in this home until WW2, when the Canadian government forced nearly 22,000 Canadians of Japanese descent out of their homes and into internment camps.
Livestock Building – Hastings Park
Over 3,000 Japanese Canadian women, children and tuberculosis patients were unjustly detained here under traumatic and deplorable conditions between March 1942 - March 1943.
sən̓aʔqʷ
The area now known as Burrard Inlet is host to numerous Musqueam villages, camps, and transformer sites. It was connected by water ways, trails, histories, and genealogies to other villages throughout our territory. For example, trails radiated from…
China Creek Bowls Skatepark
China Creek Bowls Skatepark was opened in May 1979 and was among the first skateparks in the Lower Mainland.
Photo credit Rob Atkins.
sɬχil̕əx
"Our territory is marked by sites where powerful beings, χe:l̕s, the transformers, visited on their travels. They transformed people into animals or aspects of the landscape. sɬχil̕əx (standing) is an import transformation site where χe:l̕s…
Militant Mothers of Raymur Pedestrian Bridge
Railroad tracks cutting through the Strathcona neighbourhood just east of Raymur Avenue separates Admiral Seymour School from the homes of the majority of its students. The Militant Mothers of Raymur Overpass is its legacy.
spapəy̓əq
The area now known as Stanley Park is host to numerous important villages, transformer, and resource sites. spapəy̓əq (bent at the end) was home to Musqueam families into the early 1900s. Rose Yelton (nee Cole), Daughter of Matilda Cole (nee…
χʷay̓χʷəy̓
χʷay̓χʷəy̓ was once a large Musqueam village, with several longhouses, and home to hundreds of our ancestors at a time. χʷay̓χʷəy̓ is also an important spiritual site to our people. It’s from this village our ancestors received the…
Original Jewish Community Centre
The original Jewish Community Centre was built in 1928, when the community was relocating into Fairview from Strathcona. Today the building is owned by the B.C. Lung Association.
Punjabi Market
Since 1970, Main Street around 49th Avenue has been known as Punjabi Market, the first in Western Canada. Every year tens of thousands of people congregate here to celebrate the annual Vaisakhi parade in April.
Photo credit. S.…
First Sikh Temple
The first Sikh Gurdwara in Canada as built on W. 2nd Ave in 1908. Operated by the Khalsa Diwan Society until 1969, it was the center for spiritual, political, social, and economic life until the new Ross Street Temple was completed in 1970.
Hogan’s Alley
The first Black immigrants arrived in British Columbia from California in 1858. They settled in Victoria and Salt Spring Island, but began migrating to Vancouver in the early 1900s, some making their homes in Strathcona (Old East End).