Vancouver Historical Society

Summaries of Talks and Field Trips – 2025

Summaries of Talks and Field Trips – 2024 Glimpses of the Past through description, related books and internet connections Voices Through Time: Correspondence of the First World War February 27, 2025  MoV    Stephen Davies Fred Dillon (centre) with host family; Groningen, Holland, 1945. Image: www.canadianletters.ca Dr. Stephen Davies of Vancouver Island University describes and […]

Summaries of Talks and Field Trips – 2024

Summaries of Talks and Field Trips – 2024 Glimpses of the Past through description, related books and internet connections From Sen̓áḵw to Kitsilano to Sen̓áḵw again – a Kitsilano lecture in Kitsilano November 28, 2024  MoV    Michael Kluckner 4th and Yew with new streetcar tracks, 1908 The history of Vancouver’s cherished Kitsilano neighbourhood was […]

Summaries of Talks and Field Trips – 2023

Summaries of Talks and Field Trips – 2023 Glimpses of the Past through description, related books and internet connections From ‘Killer’ to ‘Orca’: A West Coast Story Nov 23, 2023  MoV    Jason Colby Today, there is no more prominent symbol of the West Coast than the killer whale (Orcinus orca). Yet just a few […]