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Vancouver History Tidbits: Malkin

March 9th, 2010 by Miss604   No Comments

There are names you see around town yet rarely place them or their historical significance. From Abbott to Tatlow or Shaughnessy, Malkin is right up there.
W.H. Malkin was a a major food wholesaler (Malkin’s Wholesale Grocers was at 57 Water Street) who became the Mayor of Vancouver 1929-1932. He slipped into the Mayor’s office between [...]

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The Teahouse in Stanley Park

January 8th, 2010 by Miss604   1 Comment

A few weeks before Christmas John and I were invited up to the Teahouse in Stanley Park for dinner. My only other experience at the Teahouse was at an office dinner about nine years ago so my memory definitely needed refreshing.
Photo credit: John Bollwitt on Flickr
Located at Ferguson Point in Stanley Park, just up from [...]

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Stanley Park Photowalk: Fall Colours

November 1st, 2009 by Miss604   11 Comments

This morning we headed out for a photowalk, leaving behind the glassy towers of the City to walk among the greens, reds, oranges and yellows of autumn in Stanley Park.

The trails reminded me of milk-soaked cereal as the dry, crunchy leaves covered the moist and muddied forest floor.

The shallow and dried up [...]

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Halloween Train Rides 2009

October 9th, 2009 by Miss604   1 Comment

Well, it’s mid-October and I have no idea how that happened. As the time has been whizzing past me lately I suddenly realized that we’re half way to Halloween. This means pumpkin patches, haunted trolley tours, Fright Nights and Halloween train rides at Stanley Park and Bear Creek Park.
Photo credit: ri.co on Flickr
Stanley Park Ghost [...]

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Lions Gate Bridge Photowalk

October 5th, 2009 by Miss604   6 Comments

Inspired by John Biehler and Scott Prince’s talk at BarCamp on Saturday, we decided to join them for a photowalk yesterday afternoon at the Lions Gate Bridge. I was the only one there without an SLR and my lens didn’t detach, however I still had a great time wandering around for hours on the bridge.
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Vancouver History Tidbits: Stanley Park

July 14th, 2009 by Miss604   No Comments

After walking around Central Park this morning, I started thinking about Stanley Park back home and that it would be a great time to rustle up a quick history tidbits post.
At 1,000 acres Stanley Park is just slightly bigger than New York’s Central Park (843 acres)
July 27, 1911: The Province reported that one third of [...]

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Vancouver’s Largest Waterfight 2009

July 10th, 2009 by Miss604   No Comments

Photo: gkamin
Vancouver’s largest waterfight is happening this Saturday at 1:00pm over at Lumberman’s Arch in Stanley Park. As previously mentioned in my “Ways to Cool Down” blog post last month, it should prove to be an epic event during one of the hottest days of the summer.
Who wants to have a waterfight this summer? raise [...]

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The Great Blue Herons of Stanley Park Walk

May 22nd, 2009 by Miss604   1 Comment

For the last five years I’ve been writing about Stanley Park (beyond the sea wall) and one of my trusted information sources has always been the Stanley Park Ecology Society. They’ve hosted fun events like the winter humbug hike, were a great resource when I did my coyote sighting map, run programs like Ivy [...]

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Stanley Park Pitch and Putt

May 19th, 2009 by Miss604   3 Comments

Being a golfer over the last dozen years or so I love the driving range and hitting up the big courses however there’s just something relaxing about heading out to the local pitch and putt. Your skill level doesn’t need to be up to par (nor does your wallet need to be stuffed) in [...]

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Vancouver History Tidbits: Pauline Johnson’s Legends of Vancouver

May 18th, 2009 by Miss604   7 Comments

It’s been a few years now since I discovered the work of Pauline Johnson and I’ve been enchanted by her writing ever-since.

Pauline Johnson (1861-1913) was the child of a Mohawk chief and an Englishwoman and as a writer and poet, she traveled across North America and England giving readings of her work and performing on [...]

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