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The first cross-country passenger train arrived in 麻豆传媒映画131 years ago

The first cross-country passenger train arrived in 麻豆传媒映画131 years ago

麻豆传媒映画Archives: Item: Can P6 On May 23, 1887, C.P.R. Engine 374 became the first聽transcontinental passenger train to arrive to Vancouver. According to Chuck Davis History of Metro Vancouver, the train was built by the C.P.R.
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This historian is hosting a lecture about the heroic life of a pioneer nurse

This historian is hosting a lecture about the heroic life of a pioneer nurse

On Thursday May 24 , the 麻豆传媒映画Historical Society will host a lecture by Lisa Anne Smith on "Emily Patterson: The Heroic Life of a Milltown Nurse". The talk is at 7:30pm at the Museum of Vancouver. All are welcome and entrance is by donation.
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Revisiting B.C. History: The smallpox epidemic of 1862 (VIDEO)

Revisiting B.C. History: The smallpox epidemic of 1862 (VIDEO)

Sam Sullivan is publishing short video blogs that address B.C.鈥檚 most pressing issues.聽If you like this video please share. To see more Kumtuks Video Blogs visit Kumtuks.ca
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Here's what the Hudson's Bay 麻豆传媒映画flagship store looked like inside in 1931 (PHOTOS)

Here's what the Hudson's Bay 麻豆传媒映画flagship store looked like inside in 1931 (PHOTOS)

You may not have been inside Vancouver's Hudson's Bay flagship store in years, but chances are you weren't in there in 1931, when these photos found the 麻豆传媒映画Archives were taken.
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The story of Billy Steeves, the stagecoach driver crushed by a tree on Granville Street

The story of Billy Steeves, the stagecoach driver crushed by a tree on Granville Street

Part of Richmond's pioneering Steeves family, Walter Herbert "Billy" Steeves drove a stagecoach between Richmond and Vancouver. He was just 27 years old when he was fatally crushed by a tree on what's now Granville Street.
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V.I.A.'s B.C. history show has been nominated for two 2018 Leo awards!

V.I.A.'s B.C. history show has been nominated for two 2018 Leo awards!

The nominees of this year's Leo Awards were announced today and our BC Was Awesome history show is being recognized in two categories! The nominations are for Season Two of our series where we tour British Columbia digging up offbeat stories from its
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This Week in History: Walking for peace

This Week in History: Walking for peace

Last year鈥檚 Walk for Peace. Organizers hope this will be a record year in the drive to bring peace to the world. Stand up and be counted. That's the theme behind the fifth annual 麻豆传媒映画Walk for Peace scheduled for this Sunday (April 27).
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Read the sensational tale of a CKNW personality who murdered his wife with poisoned milkshakes in 1965

Read the sensational tale of a CKNW personality who murdered his wife with poisoned milkshakes in 1965

East Vancouver's Arsenal Pulp Press is going to be publishing another title from history author Eve Lazarus this October.
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This undercover FBI agent lived in his van in B.C. during a "completely illegal" mission

This undercover FBI agent lived in his van in B.C. during a "completely illegal" mission

Before and after photos of special agent?, taken from his book, Deep Cover Researching for our BC Was Awesome show leads me down some interesting rabbit holes on the internet, and this week I was down one I came across a new history blog as well as a
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Where to see one of only 7 surviving 麻豆传媒映画Interurban streetcars

Where to see one of only 7 surviving 麻豆传媒映画Interurban streetcars

One of only seven remaining BC Electric Railway Interurban streetcars has been painstakingly restored and resides south of 麻豆传媒映画in Richmond's historic Steveston Village. We've got photos and some vintage video.
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