10 Odd Historical Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Facts 1889-1937
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Quoted from Chuck Davis' website, The History of Metropolitan Vancouver
The NOON O'Clock Gun?
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In 1898, on October 15, the Nine O’Clock Gun was fired for the first time in Stanley Park . . . at noon.
Rudyard Kipling, Real Estate Baron
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In 1889, the writer Rudyard Kipling visited Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»and bought land here: two lots at the southeast corner of East 11th Avenue and Fraser Street.
Summer Snowmaggedon
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In 1901, on June 23, there was snow in South Vancouver.
The Birth of Traveler's Insurance?
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In 1909 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»took its first mechanized ambulance out for a test drive and ran over and killed an American tourist.
Subprime Mortgage, Anyone?
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In 1919 more than two thousand pieces of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»property were listed in the newspapers for sale by auction. They had been seized for non-payment of taxes, some for amounts less than $10.
Cross Country Remembrance
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The statue (erected in 1921) in front of Vancouver’s CPR station of the angel bearing a fallen soldier heavenward is an exact replica of statues in Winnipeg and Montreal.
Rezone THIS
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In 1927, on October 17, the business magazine Journal of Commerce ran an editorial against the building of skyscrapers in Vancouver.
Gold at City Hall
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The ceiling on the second floor of the rotunda in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»City Hall, opened in 1936, was covered with gold leaf from several B.C. mines.
Floating Posties
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In 1932 the M.V. Scenic began service, the only floating post office in the British Empire. She will serve to 1968, known as the Burrard Inlet T.P.O. (Travelling Post Office.)
The Best Thing Since 1937
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Sliced bread came to Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»in 1937.
