City of Vancouver Archives

[Aerial view looking south of the] District of North Vancouver [between Seymour and Lynn Creeks]

AM54-S4-: Air P97.2
Item
Feb. 23, 1962

Oblique view. Photograph shows Second Narrows, old and new Second Narrows Highway bridge, Indian Reserve No. 2 and Maplewood.

[Aerial view of Burrard Inlet, Hastings-Sunrise, Burnaby and the District of North Vancouver]

AM54-S4-: VLP 186.3
Item
[between 1942 and 1945]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Exhibition Park and P.N.E. Golf Course, Second Narrows Bridge, New Brighton Park, Callister Park, Burrard Inlet, Lynn Creek, Lynn Park, Seymour Creek, Vancouver Harbour Commissioners Railway, Inspected Shingles Ltd., Cascade Rock and Gravel Co. Ltd., Canadian Shingle Co. Ltd. (Capilano Timber Co. Ltd.), Alberta Pool Elevator, Columbia Grain Elevator Co. Ltd., Canadian Pacific Railway, Girls Industrial School and Old Peoples Home sites.

[Aerial view of North Vancouver, First Narrows, Stanley Park, West End, Coal Harbour, Burrard Inlet, Vancouver Waterfront and Downtown]

AM54-S4-: VLP 186.1
Item
[between 1942 and 1945]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Lions Gate Bridge, Beaver Lake, Lost Lagoon, Prospect Point, Brockton Point, Deadman's Island, Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, H.M.C.S. Discovery, Brockton Oval and English Bay.

Below the swinging bridge - Capilano Canyon

AM1559-: CVA 258-43
Item
1923

Part of Hubert William Lovell fonds

Photograph was taken in the summer.

Boalts ‘26

AM1614-: 2011-002.1
Item
1926

Part of Samuel S. Magoffin fonds

Item is an amateur film showing people with dogs in the snow and Sam and Margaret Magoffin with her parents, the Boalts, having a picnic in the woods, at the Capilano Suspension Bridge, and then at the beach where the men change a tire on the car. Also included in the film are scenes taken at home with the women knitting and sewing, Margaret and her parents exiting the Devonshire Hotel and entering a car with the courthouse in the background, people waving from the back of a train, and Sam and Margaret standing by a window.

[Boys fishing in Lynn Creek at] Lynn Valley

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-2761
Item
1944

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Photograph shows a suspension bridge in the background

Bridge [over] Capilano canyon

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-1902
Item
[ca. 1918]

Part of James Crookall fonds

[Bridge over Capilano Creek]

AM54-S4-: Out P808.2
Item
[ca. 1898]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Bridge over second canyon, Capilano River

AM1641-: CVA 21-40
Item
[ca. 1917]

Part of Samuel H. Logan fonds

Item is a photograph depicting a view of the bridge over second canyon, Capilano River, looking upstream with unidentified tearoom on the west bank.

Capilano

AM1487-F07-: 2017-055.1
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection

Item is a promotional film for the British Properties Limited, Capilano Estates containing title cards. The film shows the properties including houses, the golf course, the tool house, the club house and surrounding landscape. The film also shows the clearing of land by British Properties.

Capilano Canyon

AM1052-: AM1052 P-855
Item
[192-?]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Item is a folder containing a set of photographs printed with images of sites in Capilano Canyon, including the suspension bridge.

Capilano Canyon

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-2792
Item
June 13, 1944

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Photograph shows people crossing the suspension bridge

Capilano Canyon

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-2793
Item
June 13, 1944

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Photograph shows people crossing the suspension bridge

Capilano Canyon N. Vancouver B.C.

AM54-S4-: Br P59.1
Item
1905

Part of Major Matthews collection

Capilano Canyon suspension bridge

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-62
Item
[ca. 1910]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows three people on the bridge.

Capilano Canyon Vancouver, B.C.

AM54-S4-2-: CVA 371-211
Item
[ca. 1905]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Capilano Suspension Bridge

Capilano Creek below the bridge

AM427-S4-F3-: CVA 289-003.269
Item
[ca. 1925]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

[Capilano Creek Bridge at Keith Road]

AM54-S4-: Br N50.3
Item
[1898?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

J.S.Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

Capilano Suspension Bridge

AM626-: CVA 288-030
Item
[ca. 1940]

Part of Karl Koenig fonds

Capilano suspension bridge

AM1641-: CVA 21-36
Item
[ca. 1917]

Part of Samuel H. Logan fonds

Item is a photograph showing a man and a woman on the bridge.

[Capilano Suspension Bridge]

AM54-S4-: LGN 490
Item
[190-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Negative contains two different images of the bridge side by side.

[Capilano Suspension Bridge]

AM505-S1-: CVA 660-276
Item
[ca. 1915]

Part of John Davidson fonds

Capilano Suspension Bridge

AM54-S4-: Out N25.2
Item
[1924]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Capilano Suspension Bridge and Canyon

AM1052-: AM1052 P-2142
Item
[196-?]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Item is a postcard showing the Capilano Suspension Bridge and Canyon. Caption on back of postcard: "World famous cable suspended bridge. 450 ft. in length and 230 ft. above the Capilano River. Truly one of Vancouver's beauty spots."

Capilano Suspension Bridge, length 450 ft. height 230 ft. Vancouver, B.C.

AM1052-: AM1052 P-1122
Item
[193-?]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Capilano Suspension Bridge, length 450 ft., height 230 ft. Vancouver, B.C., Canada

AM1052-: AM1052 P-1123
Item
[193-?]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Capilano Suspension Bridge, North Vancouver, B.C.

AM1052-: AM1052 P-2021
Item
[191-?]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Capilano Suspension Bridge, Vancouver, B.C., Canada - length 450 ft., height 230 ft.

AM1052-: AM1052 P-1121
Item
[193-?]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

[Children standing on bridge at] Capilano

AM1376-F14-: CVA 312-12
Item
[ca. 1905]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

[Children standing on bridge at] Capilano

AM1376-F14-: CVA 312-10
Item
[ca. 1905]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

[Children standing on bridge at] Capilano

AM1376-F14-: CVA 312-11
Item
[ca. 1905]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

City of Vancouver Water Works

AM54-S4-: Ci Dept P30
Item
1908

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows eight images of Seymour Creek canyon and bridge, pipes under construction, and guests at the opening and luncheon

Crown Mountain from Japanese Bridge over Capilano Canyon

AM640-S1-: CVA 260-1086
Item
[ca. 1918]

Part of James Crookall fonds

Demolition of trestle bridge spanning Hastings Creek on Lynn Valley Road

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-832
Item
May 1952

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows a partially demolished bridge, and a road extending north.

Dr. Chow and Family Leaving for U.S.A. - Ed and Lil Fishing - Bob Lee at Suspension Bridge

AM1601-S1-: 2013-033.07
Item
[ca. 1955]

Part of Harry Lin Chin fonds

Item is a film showing a group of men leaving Harry Chin's house at 1118 Powell Street, people in and standing around a Cadillac, a family fishing excursion and scenes at the Capilano Suspension Bridge.

Falsework Pier No 4 Under Construction Mar. 28, 1958

AM54-S4-: Br P68.2
Item
Mar 28, 1958

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows the Second Narrows C.P.R. bascule bridge. Construction progress photograph.

Footbridge, second canyon, Capilano River, Tipperary tea garden on right

AM1641-: CVA 21-39
Item
[ca. 1917]

Part of Samuel H. Logan fonds

Grand Canyon Suspension Bridge, Capilano Canyon, B.C., Height 435 feet

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-1294
Item
1927

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Grand Canyon Suspension Bridge, Capilano, B.C. height 435 feet

AM1052-: AM1052 P-2085
Item
[1929]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives postcard collection

Item is a postcard printed with an image of the Capilano Suspension Bridger. The back of the postcard includes personal correspondence addressed to Mr. Lou Phillips.

[Group of men and women on suspension bridge], Capilano Canyon

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-839
Item
[190-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows individuals on bridge, with river running underneath.

[Group of men and women on] Suspension Bridge, Capilano Canyon, length 450 feet, height 200 feet, Vancouver, B.C.

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-892
Item
[1906?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows three men and five women posing on the bridge.

[Group of men and women on the Capilano Suspension Bridge]

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-891
Item
[1906?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows two men and four women posing on the bridge.

Horse races and Shetland Ponies, Virginia and Family

AM1487-F03-: 2012-033.11
Item
[ca. 1942]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives sound recording and moving image collection

Item is a film containing footage of a pageant, people riding horses and ponies, the Capilano Suspension Bridge and surrounding area, the Capilano River valley and surrounding trails, orchestra at Malkin Bowl, a picnic, children playing in backyard and wading pool (possibly at 3846 West 10th), May Day Parade in downtown Vancouver, Stanley Park gardens, George Vancouver statue and City Hall campus, Vancouver skyline view from City Hall and children playing in grassy area.