Secret Vancouver: Unlocking the Past

[@__on_]

Thank you Major James Mathews for starting Vancouver Archives :)

[@joeyhill9831]

Making our history when we didn't have one. Your amazing.

[@theresa42213]

Wow! This is _really_ important! l would hope Vancouverites, and Canadians would care to protect this building with all their might from those who are seeking to rewrite history! Thank you Major!!

[@argylemuseumsettlersrailst5615]

Great documentary! I love how Major James Mathews saw the future need for important documents and items. Not sure that I would describe the cigarette butt as "weird" - I find that unique and interesting! Remembering the early generations who began great institutions like this one are great topics to explore, respecting them in changing political times is very important.

[@smallstudiodesign]

Our history is far more interesting than what others assume.

[@classicrockcafe]

Fort Langley was established in 1827, but Vancouver was not yet on the map. But I understand there was activity in the area. Robert Burnaby bought some land in 1859. Hastings Townsite and Eburne were settlements in the 1960's. There were logging camps in the area of Stanley Park. Logging camps were communities. There must have been spotty communities in the Burrard Peninsula. Just because an area is not named does not mean there was nobody living there. I have read about big fires in Vancouver and New Westminster. I have also read about forest fires in the Coquitlam and the Central Park areas, and those fires spread to the Vancouver region. The Black Trail.

[@CCitis]

This is awesome

[@MrAlen6e]

Coolest guy ever

[@Ice_Karma]

9:56 "One thing that's important to understand about the work of archivists is that we don't interpret the records for you." I completely, totally, 100% subscribe to that goal... but I also hope that, as archivists, perhaps you're able to point us in the direction of other resources that would enable us to understand archival material in context, and draw our own conclusions? Or am I crossing over into "library science" now?

[@prettypurple7175]

Imperial oil/////

[@nealevon4884]

Erase my number