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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Public Library, Special Collections, VPL 41338. Province newspaper photo. 1964 Port Mann Bridge The Port Mann Bridge is seen under construction.

City of Vancouver, CVA 371-478. 1936 Flying Seven Demonstrating air defence, the Flying Seven — an all-female flying group — took to the air one day in November 1936 and then kept at least one airplane over Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­throughout each 24-hour day.

City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Archives, St Pk N142.08. Photo W.J. Moore. 1936 Lost Lagoon Fountain When it was installed in 1936, the Lost Lagoon Fountain added a touch of elegance to Stanley Park.

R. Broadbridge photo, Vancou- ver Public Library VPL 9426. 1912 Sylvia Hotel The Sylvia. Still a distinctive feature of Beach Avenue, the Sylvia Hotel was built in 1912 on English Bay as an apartment building.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Public Library, Special Collections, VPL 20974. 1910 Pacific National Exhibition The renowned Pacific National Exhibition opened for the first time on August 15, 1910.

Below is the second episode of our history TV show, BC Was Awesome ! Produced by Artaban Productions and supported by TELUS Optik Local , we're releasing 10 stories of our province's weird history over the next few weeks on our Facebook Page .

City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Archives, Bu P683. 1886 Powell Street The oldest brick building in modern-day Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­was constructed in the same year as the devastating Great Fire—1886.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Sun. 1950 Park Royal Shopping by the sea! Park Royal, the first shopping centre in Canada, was developed by the same land company that owned the British Properties and the Lions Gate Bridge.

City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Archives, CVA 99-2656. Stuart Thomson photo. 1932 Burrard Bridge Bridge to future. Another sign of the city’s progress and maturity, the Burrard Bridge was opened on Dominion Day, July 1, 1932, to great fanfare and excitement.

I'm so excited to announce the launch of our history TV show, BC Was Awesome ! We've been working on it for over a year with the folks at Artaban Productions and will be showing all 10 segments of our first season on our Facebook Page as well as here