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Photograph taken looking eastward, down Johnston Street.

Photograph taken looking eastward on Johnston Street.

Photograph depicts the northwest part of Granville Island, taken from the Granville bridge. A spur was covered with parked cars.

Photograph taken near downtown Vancouver. Image captured the south side, just east of the centre line.

Photograph depicts an unused spur leading southward to Morrison Steel and Wire Company Ltd. The spur crosses a disused line running on the south side of Cartwright Street.

Photograph depicts the realignment of track due to the redevelopment of the south side of False Creek, Vancouver. New track was linked up and graded while old track was removed all within 7 days of the date the photograph was taken.

Photograph depicts a freight train, "Extra 382-Eastbound," passing southbound over Fraser Bridge at New Westminster.

Photograph depicts the Burlington-Northern Railroad (USA), formerly the Great Northern Railway. Visible are two GN locomotives leading the last passenger train out of Vancouver on the Vancouver-Seattle-Vancouver run.

Photograph depicts a Great Northern Railway interchange curve to CPR tracks near Raymur Avenue/ Powell Street, Vancouver. Visible is a part of an export train, consisting of 11 (dead) General Motor locomotives hauled by a GNR switcher towards the Centennial Dock area. The process of destruction was to take place in Pusan by Korean National Railways.

Photograph depicts a shay locomotive which was last steamed in service on October 9, 1973. Here, it was en-route to the National Museum of Sciene in Ottawa. It was off-loaded at the CPR dock from the Gulf of Georgia barge. Now it was to be loaded onto a depressed flat car for the trip to Ottawa.

Photograph depicts a CPR tail ferry ramp just east of Pier A3 in Vancouver Harbour. Displays the connection with the ramp (in the foreground) and the barge (in the middle distance).

Photograph depicts a CPR rail ferry slip, east of Pier A3 in Vancouver Harbour. Visible are loaded cars of pulp that came from Harmac. They were being unloaded off of an 18 car barge owned and operated by D. Yorke and Sans Ltd. This slip was the oldest extant in Vancouver. It was to be replaced or relegated by a new CPR rail slip being that already being built.

Photograph depicts a new CPR rail terminal ramp that was being built on the site of the former Pier A, Vancouver Harbour.

Photograph depicts a CPR rail ferry slip, east of of Pier A3 in Vancouver Harbour. Visible is the last car that just came off the barge.

Photograph depicts a P & O liner, the "Oriana," backing out from CPR Pier C in Vancouver. Minor assistance was needed from two cates tugs.

Photograph depicts a liner called the "Oriana."

Photograph depicts a P & O liner, the "Orcades," at CPR Pier B. It was about to sail to Hawaii and New Zealand.

Photograph depicts a weather ship of the Canadian Coastguard called "Vancouver." It was fitting out after launching. This vessel and its sister ship, "Quada," were the largest vessels ever built on the western coast of Canada. "Vancouver" was retired in May 1981 as it was too costly to service.

Photograph depicts the "Queen of Victoria" that had been damaged after it had collided with Russian freights in an Active Pass. Damage displayed imprints of the freight's bow. 3 were declared dead. Photograph taken from a floating steam crane at the Burrard Dock that was used to remove mangled automobile through the gaping whole, as shown.

Photograph depicts the "Queen of Victoria" of B.C. Ferries at the Burrard Dry Dock after it had been spit in half and had an extra section insterted. The section unpainted contrasts with the white portions of the original slip.

Photograph depicts a courthouse on Howe St. in Vancouver, B.C. There are paintings on the fence surrounding the forecourt.

Photograph depicts a dredge working on the shoreline of a new apartment site on the south side of Coal Harbour, Vancouver, B.C. Photograph taken from Stanley Park, looking east. The Bayshore Inn Hotel is shown in the rear center.

Photograph depicts homes on 1000 Beach Ave., looking northeast.

Photograph depicts homes on 1000 Beach Ave., looking northeast. House #1053 on the left has been demolished at this point and then set on fire one night by kids.

Photograph depicts homes on 1000 Beach Ave. in Vancouver, B.C.

Photograph depicts the inside of the suite at 925 Cadero St. in the west end of Vancouver, B.C.

Photograph depicts the dogwood tree in winter at the former site of 1057 Beach Ave. in Vancouver. The view is looking east.

Photograph depicts a general view of the upper and south shore section of Coal Harbour in Vancouver, B.C.

Photograph depicts a general view of the last 300 yards of the upper neck of Coal Harbour in Vancouver, B.C. The view is looking west and taken from the south side.

Photograph depicts the west end of Coal Harbour looking south to West Georgia St. and Chilco-Gilford block beyond. The old pilings exposed at low tide.

Photograph depicts a steam grab working on the new dock to the west of Centennial Pier, on the site of a former Hastings mill in Vancouver, B.C. The view is looking north and the foreground depicts tidal water.

Photograph depicts the construction of a new deep sea wharf on the site of an old Hastings mill, at the foot of Dunlevey St., in Vancouver, B.C. The forepart is to be dirt filled. The view is looking northeast.

Photograph depicts a steam grab belonging to the Vancouver Pile Driving & Contracting Co. Ltd, mounted on a scow and transferring gravel from another scow on the seaward side and rear of the wall. The portion in the foreground will become solid ground but it is now exposed to tides. The construction of the new pier is to the west of the Centennial Pier on the site of the original Hastings Mill.

Photograph depicts a 1953 Vauxhall Velox parked at 925 Cadero St. in Vancouver, B.C. It is a blue, 6 cylinder, and has had three owners to date.

Photograph depicts the intersection at Cordero and Barclay St. in the west end of Vancouver. The view is looking north along Cordero St.

Photograph depicts a notice posted in Stanley Park at the head of Coal Harbour, Vancouver, B.C. Notice is for summer visitors only.

Photograph depicts Nelson St., facing west between Bidwell and Denman St. Photo, and was taken during snowfalls between 23 December 1965 and 5 January 1966. During this period 40 inches of snow fell on the west end. The lampstands are typical of this area and are about to be replaced by February 1966 by a newer type.

Photograph depicts a swimming pool at Second Beach in Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C. The snow in the foreground is 16 inches deep and there is a gathering snowstorm in the background coming in from the west.

Photograph depicts an old gas station at 1603 West 3rd Ave. and Fir St. in Vancouver, BC

Photograph depicts an old hotel sightseeing bus built prior to 1923. It is located at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum.

Photograph depicts former tram tracks down east Georgia St. in east Vancouver, BC

Photograph depicts former tram tracks at the north end of Fu St. on the south side of False Creek in Vancouver, BC

Photograph depicts former tram tracks still intact at east Georgia St. and Campbell Ave. in the east end of Vancouver, BCThe tracks continued forward and crossed the low ground on a trestle.

Photograph depicts rail cars in Vancouver, B.C.

Photograph depicts a West Coast Railway Association 2-8-2 tank locomotive and tender at a C.N. station in Vancouver, B.C.

Photograph depicts the end of the old Coal Harbour extension of the C.P.R. line from Vancouver. It was disused for several years. The view is looking east with Woodward's Marina behind.

Photograph depicts the end of the C.P.R. transcontinental main line at Cadero St. by the Bayshore Hotel in Vancouver, B.C.

Photograph depicts a view looking east from the end of the C.P.R. track at Coal Harbour in Vancouver, B.C.