British Columbia - Vancouver skyline
- AM1435-: CVA 1435-44
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- [197-?]
Item is aerial photograph showing a panoramic view of downtown Vancouver looking north west towards Stanley Park and Coal Harbour.
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British Columbia - Vancouver skyline
Item is aerial photograph showing a panoramic view of downtown Vancouver looking north west towards Stanley Park and Coal Harbour.
Fishing boats at Prince Rupert [docks]
Thor and Mikof boats indentified in photograph.
Aerial view of Ocean Falls [harbour]
Aerial view of Ocean Falls [harbour]
Vancouver Harbour from Rowing Club, Stanley Park
Howe Sound : H.M.S.S. Discovery
Scenes : Vancouver Harbour and skyline etc.
Scenes : Vancouver Harbour and skyline etc.
Vancouver from top of old Hotel Vancouver
Photograph shows a view looking northeast including the eastern docks
[View of] Ocean Falls [from harbour]
Inscription on verso of print "Inner Harbour and Parliament Bldg. Victoria, B.C.
Tidal current charts : Vancouver Harbour, British Columbia
Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection
Item is a booklet containing twelve charts showing tidal currents in Vancouver Harbour at different points in the tidal cycle.
Vancouver, British Columbia. Souvenir from the lion gateway
Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection
Item is a promotional brochure for the City of Vancouver, included as a holiday supplement in the Vancouver Daily and Weekly World newspapers. The brochure was designed to be folded.
Vancouver Harbour, British Columbia, 1932
Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection
Item is a nautical chart showing English Bay and Burrard Inlet with soundings in feet, anchorages, locations of submarine cables, and ferry lines. Land features include city blocks and district lot numbers. Includes inset maps of the North Arm of Burrard Inlet and Vancouver Island.
Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection
Item is a brochure promoting tourism along the British Columbia coast using Union Steamships routes. The unfolded brochure has text and illustrations on one side and on the other text with a map showing the routes to destinations described in the brochure.
Vancouver Harbour : plan of south shore, Burrard Inlet between Heatley Ave. and Victoria Dr.
Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection
Item is a map which shows parcels of land along Burrard Inlet and district lots in downtown Vancouver. Piers, factories and mills along the waterfront are identified. Soundings are shown in feet.
National Harbours Board
[View across Coal Harbour towrds Downtown]
Part of James Crookall fonds
Photograph shows the Marine Building and the Hotel vancouver in the background
Panoramic view showing Burrard Inlet including 42 ocean steamers in port of which 25 were for grain cargoes, 17 vessels at berth (not shown in photograph) and the Harbour Commissioners wharf and Grain Elevator No. 1 and log booms
Privy Council (Canada) collection
Item is an extract of a report of a Committee of the Privy Council, dated 8 July 1893, regarding foreshore rights in Vancouver of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, with two accompanying maps. One map is in the file; the other one is catalogued as Map 648.
Part of Harold D. Kalman fonds
Item is a drawing of a harbour that may be Coal Harbour.
Vancouver harbour from the roof garden [of David] Spencer's [Department] Store
Part of Hubert William Lovell fonds
Pier D, Empress of Russia, Deadman's Island and Brockton Point are visible in the distance. Photograph was taken in the summer.
Part of Hubert William Lovell fonds
Photograph was taken in the summer.
[View of Avalon Harbor at Santa Catalina Island]
Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds
[View of rock formation in Avalon Harbor at Santa Catalina Island]
Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds
Prince Rupert : misc. pix : Jack Long
Second Narrows [on] harbour tour
Part of William Orson Banfield fonds
Part of William Orson Banfield fonds
BC [British Columbia] postcard - The Rockies to the Pacific
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Film is a promotional video for the province of British Columbia. Focusing on different sections of the province in turn the video highlights the features and tourist attractions of each. According to the donor this is most likely the original of the final production with sound and image. Director Mike [Michael] Collier; cinematography Norm Keziere, Dave Geddes, Bob Asgeirsson, Bill Rounds, Tommy Tompkins, and John Anderson; editor Rober Brandreth-Gibbs; research Sharon McGowan; narration script Don White and Sharon McGowan, narrator Art Hives; video services Post Haste Video; film lab Alpha Cine Services; sound mix Pinewood Studios; special thanks to Tourism British Columbia. Produced by Yaletown Productions. b&w 00:10:57-00:11:04 and 00:18:47-00:19:22.
BC [British Columbia] postcard - The Rockies to the Pacific [Japanese version]
Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds
Film is a promotional video for the province of British Columbia this version has Japanese narration. Focusing on different sections of the province in turn the video highlights the features and tourist attractions of each. According to the donor this is most likely the original of the final production with sound and image. Director Mike [Michael] Collier; cinematography Norm Keziere, Dave Geddes, Bob Asgeirsson, Bill Rounds, Tommy Tompkins, and John Anderson; editor Rober Brandreth-Gibbs; research Sharon McGowan; narration script Don White and Sharon McGowan, narrator Art Hives; video services Post Haste Video; film lab Alpha Cine Services; sound mix Pinewood Studios; special thanks to Tourism British Columbia. Produced by Yaletown Productions. Ends with an advertisement for 'Canada's Best Selling Video Postcard Series.' b&w 00:10:57-00:11:04 and 00:18:47-00:19:22.
[Southwest facing cityscape view of the West End]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Photograph also shows English Bay
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Item shows Point Grey harbour facilities and industrial lands, the Jericho naval reserve and golf links through a combination of a map and illustrations. A smaller key plan shows the location of the Vancouver Terminals Company's harbour properties in relation to the rest of Point Grey and Vancouver.
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Photograph shows marsh and water with gazebo in background.
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Photograph shows water, bridge, and houses.
Burrard Viaduct Construction [2 of 10]
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
Building of Burrard Viaduct with Coal Harbour in the background, including part of Deadman's Island and a floating fuel station on the left and the mountains beyond.
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
This item is a print of one of seven images created by graphic designer and artist David Hornblow for the City of Vancouver street banner series known as "Waterfront Images". This print depicts the bow of a tugboat and the loaded barge behind it.
Hornblow, David
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
This item is a print of one of seven images created by graphic designer and artist David Hornblow for the City of Vancouver street banner series known as "Waterfront Images". This print depicts a portion of a Canadian grain hopper car.
Hornblow, David
Part of City of Vancouver fonds
This item is a print of one of seven images created by graphic designer and artist David Hornblow for the City of Vancouver street banner series known as "Waterfront Images". This print depicts a portion of a shipping container and container cranes.
Hornblow, David
Troopship from Korea, Vancouver, May 11/52
Item is a photograph of the USNS Private Sadao S. Munemori, a US naval transport vessel, docked in Vancouver Harbour. There is a tugboat in the foreground.
This postcard includes personal correspondence addressed to Building Inspectors, Building Dept. of Vancouver.
Item is aerial view from downtown Vancouver showing Coal Harbour, Deadman's Island and the North Shore Mountains.
Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection
Item is a documentary film documenting Stanley Park, downtown Vancouver, the Vancouver Planetarium, and Vanier Park. The film documents a number of attractions within Stanley Park including the Stanley Park Miniature Railway, Stanley Park Junction, various sections of the seawall, the Brockton Point Lighthouse, Coal Harbour Marina, Elek Imredy's sculpture Girl in a Wetsuit, the replica figurehead of the RMS Empress of Japan, tennis courts, Prospect Point lookout, Lost Lagoon, the Stanley Park Golf Course, totem poles, and the Lions Gate (First Narrows) Bridge (1938-). The film also includes footage of birds including Canada geese, seagulls, swans, mallard and wood ducks, and peacocks. The film documents Vancouver Harbour and its facilities, and includes footage of shipping containers, cranes, cargo ships, seabus, and a floatplane.
The film also documents downtown Vancouver and includes footage of numerous prominent buildings including the Marine Building, Vancouver Harbour Centre, Bayshore Inn, the Westcoast Energy Building, Hotel Vancouver, the Provincial Court House, Robson Square under construction, the Georgia Medical Dental Building, the Bank of Nova Scotia Tower, TD Tower, the Vancouver Block, Commodore Ballroom, Sun Tower, Dominion Building, Andrew Wesley Church, and the Hudson's Bay Company building. The film also contains night footage of the Vancouver skyline, Granville Street with illuminated signs, a fountain lit by coloured lights, and neon signs in Chinatown, including those for the Marco Polo Chinese Smorgasbord, Loon Foon Kwok restaurant, Ming's, South Seas Dining Lounge, Ho Inn Chop Suey, and Bing C. Wong & Associates Accounting and Taxation Service.
Film also includes footage of the exterior of the Bloedel Conservatory, a tugboat in False Creek, the downtown Vancouver skyline as viewed from Kitsilano, an old house (number 1160, street unknown), sailboats in English Bay, the Vancouver Planetarium, Vanier Park, and Beach Avenue as seen across False Creek from Vanier Park.
Lower Mainland Regional Plan : harbour areas
Part of Community Planning Association of Canada, British Columbia Division fonds
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph also shows downtown Vancouver and Stanley Park in the background.
Coal Harbor Vancouver. Height of Water In Upper End 9 ft. above. Zero
Part of Major Matthews collection
Panoramic view showing Lost Lagoon, the Stanley Park Causeway under construction and the Vancouver Rowing Club.
Part of Major Matthews collection
Item is a photograph of a painting of the scene depicted in the image with the identifier SGN 155.
[360 degree view of Vancouver from the roof of the second Hotel Vancouver]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows many downtown streets and buildings including the Vancouver Block, Wesley Methodist Church, Christ Church, the World Building as well as Coal Harbour, Burrard Inlet and the North Shore in the background.
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph also shows Coal Harbour, the second Hotel Vancouver under construction and Holy Rosary cathedral and St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church.