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Vancouver seeks tenders for construction of hospital, road around Stanley Park – October 10, 1887

1887
Vancouver seeks tenders for construction of hospital, road around Stanley Park – October 10, 1887

City to call for tenders for the construction of a City Hospital. The City Engineer to estimate the cost of constructing a road around the park and call for tenders. By-Law introduced by Alderman D Oppenheimer to license pawnbrokers and second-hand stores.

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  • Vancouver City Council minutes
    • 1886 Vancouver City Council Minutes
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    • 1889 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • 1890 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • 1891 Vancouver City Council Minutes
    • 1892 Vancouver City Council Minutes
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Time travel to 1907

Vancouver 1907 American filmmaker William Harbeck filmed Victoria and Vancouver on May 4-6, 1907. The Vancouver section begins at 3:15. Speed corrected and sound added by Youtuber Guy Jones

Naming Vancouver

naming Vancouver How did Vancouver get its name? The standard answer does not explain the intense battle and the emotions it aroused.

Vancouver’s Three Cities

Naming Vancouver
Living in Vancouver you might not know it is actually an amalgamation of three cities. Their distinctive cultures survive today.

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