1966 Delta to Penticton Road Trip - Home Movie by Lita von Schulmann

This is a home movie my mother shot in the summer of 1966. She filmed sections of the drive from our home in Tsawwassen through to Penticton. Highway #1 freeway is only two years old at this point. The footage of the Hope Slide is only a year and a half after the actual slide. The Pine Woods Lodge (now Manning Park Lodge) is flying the new Canadian flag, which was only adopted in early 1965. Copyright is held by the von Schulmann family Please join the Discord Server at: https://discord.gg/YZJZQrqENC

Central Park Interurban ca 1950

I will add some more to this post later.   There are some good maps out there

1926 Vancouver Street Scenes

I am surprised at how many cars there already in Vancouver by 1926

View from the BCER Interurban running from Marpole to Steveston circa 1949

This is from 74 years ago.    The line ran down what is now Railway.

Goin' to Town - 1985 SkyTrain film just before opening the Expo Line

Action on the Columbia - 1965 BC Hydro film about the Columbia River Pro...

Black Sunday in Gastown - June 13th 1886 - Survivors speak

On June 13th 1966 CBC Radio interviewed five survivors of the fire 80 years earlier. The audio is very clear, it does not sound like a broadcast for the mid 60s. Honestly, I am blown away that this audio exists. The fire started in the slash piles being burned by the CPR to clear the West End. The wind was strong and the whole town was burned down in 45 minutes. Vancouver was not much at the time, but it was clear it was going to be a major port because it was the end of the line for CP. Join the Discord server at: https://discord.gg/VhMXDz8Q More information at this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_V... Vancouver seniors: Mrs. John MacKee Mrs. W.M. Drainey Mrs. Gertrude E. Gao Mrs. Eliza Jane Beach Alex M. Matheson Written and produced by Bill Herbert Narration by Bill Herbert and Bob Switzer Research by Heimey Koshovoy Technical operation and tape editing by Omar Winton. Images and audio are public domain The raw audio file is at this link: https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/b...