City of Vancouver Archives

Unique waterway of Canada's Pacific Coast

AM1519-: PAM 1975-104
Item
1975

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

Item describes the exploration of a freshwater harbour on the Pacific Coast.

Ganges Harbour

AM1376-: CVA 220-17
Item
[ca. 1913]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Log boom in Coal Harbour

AM1376-: CVA 220-14
Item
[ca. 1913]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

'Greenhill Park' ship explosion in Vancouver Harbour

AM1576-S6-12-F12-: 2011-010.1900
Item
1945 (reproduced ca. 1984)

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

Empress of China at dock, 1906, Vancouver, B.C.

AM1376-: CVA 135-04
Item
1906

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

View of Fisherman's Cove taken from highway to Horseshoe Bay

AM1667-: CVA 134-166
Item
1970

Part of Vancouver Express fonds

Vancouver Harbour : plan of south shore, Burrard Inlet between Heatley Ave. and Victoria Dr.

AM1594-: MAP 864
Item
Feb. 1953, with revisions to Oct. 1955

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.

["Lady Cecilia" docked at harbour]

AM1535-: CVA 99-3091
Item
[192-?]

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

["Lady Cecilia" docked at harbour]

AM1535-: CVA 99-3083
Item
[192-?]

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Selma Park & Pender Harbour [view from ship] Union Steamship Co.

AM1535-: CVA 99-3075
Item
[192-?]

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

The Port of Vancouver : Canada's key city of the West

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a brochure promoting Vancouver harbour as a hub of economic activity in the city. The brochure includes illustrations of harbour activity, facts about various aspects of the operations to show the harbour's capacity and facilities.

Mr. G.B. Warren, Pacific Motor Boat, loading yachts on scow [False Creek]

AM1535-: CVA 99-2897
Item
26 June 1937

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Mr. G.B. Warren, Pacific Motor Boat, loading yachts on scow [False Creek]

AM1535-: CVA 99-2896
Item
26 June 1937

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Imperial Gasoline signboard in background.

Mr. G.B. Warren, Pacific Motor Boat, loading yachts on scow [False Creek South]

AM1535-: CVA 99-2895
Item
26 June 1937

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

V.R.C. [Vancouver Rowing Club] Four & Double Crews for St. Catherines taken for Province [Coal Harbour]

AM1535-: CVA 99-2796
Item
17 July 1933

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Vancouver Rowing Club Eight at V.R.C. spring regatta

AM1535-: CVA 99-2746
Item
13 May 1933

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Photograph shows

Vancouver Rowing Club spring regatta University of Washington Eight

AM1535-: CVA 99-2745
Item
13 May 1933

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Vancouver Rowing Club spring regatta at Coal Harbour

AM1535-: CVA 99-2744
Item
13 May 1933

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Photograph shows spectators on wharf, arena in the background. The teams are the eights for the Vancouver Rowing Club and the University of Washington.

[Coal Harbour and Downtown from the Causeway]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-1224
Item
[ca. 1925]

Part of James Crookall fonds

[Unidentified harbour]

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-1127.09
Item
[ca. 1918]

Part of James Crookall fonds

Eagle Harbour

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-134
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of James Crookall fonds

Prince Rupert harbor

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-1681
Item
[ca. 1918]

Part of James Crookall fonds

Burrard Inlet

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a sheet with three nautical charts. The main chart depicts Burrard Inlet from Atkinson Point [Point Atkinson] in the west to the "townsite of Port Moody" in the east. The inset charts depict Vancouver Harbour and the Second Narrows.

[Northward view of Downtown Vancouver from the tower of the Vancouver Block]

AM54-S4-3-: PAN N219
Item
July 1917

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph also shows the upper floors and the roof garden of the second Hotel Vancouver, Burrard Inlet and the North Shore in the background.

[North to north east view of downtown from the Birks Building showing Burrard Inlet and the North shore in the background]

AM54-S4-3-: PAN NXIVB
Item
[ca. 1914]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph also shows Coal Harbour, the second Hotel Vancouver under construction.

[North to north east view of downtown from the Birks Building showing Burrard Inlet and the North shore in the background]

AM54-S4-3-: PAN NXIVA
Item
[ca. 1914]

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.

Vancouver; 1950

AM1376-: CVA 72-18
Item
1950

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Item is a photograph of an unidentified freighter loading lumber at a pier in Vancouver.

Troopship from Korea, Vancouver, May 11/52

AM1376-: CVA 72-17
Item
May 11, 1952

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

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.

C.P.R. train tracks

AM1376-: CVA 72-10
Item
[between 1950 and 1952]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Item is a photograph of a high angle view looking northeast over the C.P.R. train tracks at Vancouver Harbour.

Downtown Vancouver from high vantage point

AM1376-: CVA 72-09
Item
[between 1950 and 1952]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Item is a photograph of downtown Vancouver looking northwest from the upper floors of an unidentified building. The view includes the Marine Building, Coal Harbour, Vancouver Harbour, and the north shore.

Coal Harbour, Vancouver, B.C.

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a map showing dredging of Coal Harbour, with depth soundings given in feet (taken from Admiralty charts). The map hows which areas of land in Coal Harbour were dry at low water levels.

Canada. Department of Public Works

Vancouver Harbour, British Columbia

Part of City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection

Item is a nautical chart of Burrard Inlet, including the southern portions of the North Arm of Burrard Inlet. The map shows depth soundings, harbour anchorages, headlines, beacons, buoys, bells, piers and wharves. The map also shows lot numbers, municipal boundaries and major street names of the southern portion of North Vancouver and the northern portions of Point Grey, Kitsilano, Mt. Pleasant, Fairview, Hastings Townsite, Burnaby and Port Moody from the Coquitlam municipal boundary in the east to the western boundary of the Vancouver harbour (between Point Atkinson and Point Grey) in the west. The item also includes a key map showing the location of the Vancouver Harbour in relation to northwestern Washington and Vancouver Island and an inset map showing lots surrounding the north arm of Burrard Inlet to the Inlailawatash Indian Reserve.

Harbour panorama [with] war canoe

AM1576-S6-12-F47-: 2011-010.1726
Item
[ca. 1901] (reproduced 1986)

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

Waterfront looking west

AM1576-S6-12-F47-: 2011-010.1725
Item
1904 (reproduced 1986)

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

Waterfront looking east

AM1576-S6-12-F47-: 2011-010.1724
Item
1887 (reproduced 1986)

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

Granville, B.C. 1885 - C.P.R. plan

AM1576-S6-12-F47-: 2011-010.1674
Item
1986

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

Princess Elaine enters Vancouver Harbour on maiden voyage to join the C.P.R. Princess fleet

AM1576-S6-12-F12-: 2011-010.1884
Item
1928 (reproduced ca. 1984)

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

The rum-runner 'Trucilla' enters Vancouver Harbour

AM1576-S6-12-F12-: 2011-010.1877
Item
1923 (reproduced ca. 1984)

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

Harbour during the Blushes Beautiful Ski to Sea Relay Race

AM1576-S6-12-F62-: 2011-010.1593
Item
Apr. 5, 1986

Part of Vancouver Centennial Commission fonds

Australian Cruiser New Zealand [HMS New Zealand]

AM358-S1---: CVA 152-10.05
Item
[1913]

Part of H.A. Price collection

Photograph shows HMS New Zealand anchored in Vancouver Harbour. A gift from the people of New Zealand to the Imperial Government, HMS New Zealand was on a ten month tour of the Dominions before joining the Grand Fleet.