Fun and free Vancouver
June 28, 2008
Visit our Current Exhibit!
LIFE UNDER CANVAS: TENT HOMES IN EARLY NORTH VANCOUVER
Come and explore a full-scale tent home that is just like those that dotted North Vancouver’s landscape in the early days. During the economic boom of 1905-1912, many North Vancouverites lived year-round in tents that were fully equipped with pot-bellied stoves, four-poster beds and other household furnishings. This exhibit examines the realities of ‘life under canvas’ while showing that housing — then, as now — has long been a hot issue in our community.
LIFE UNDER CANVAS
May 21st - October 19th, 2008.
at the North Vancouver Museum Galleries
209 West 4th Street, North Vancouver.
Open Tuesday to Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. to August 1st;
Open Tuesday to Friday, noon to 5 p.m., August 2nd to September 5th
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North Vancouver’s diverse and colourful past is reflected in the extensive collections of the North Vancouver Museum and Archives in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Our collections of artifacts, documents, and photographs highlight:
- Community development on Vancouver’s North Shore.
- Industrial activity, particularly shipbuilding, and the early logging and lumber trade.
- Transportation and the Port of Vancouver.
- Recreation in the North Shore mountains.
The staff of the Museum and Archives is pleased to make the records of North Vancouver’s history accessible and meaningful to the community.
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Here is a list of community events from cbc (Canadas national broadcaster)
http://www.cbc.ca/bc/community/
63rd Annual Steveston Salmon Festival
Canada Day ~ Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Fort Langley National Historic Site of Canada
Free Outdoor Yoga
| Date: | Every Wednesday, June 18 - mid September |
| Time: | 6:00pm - 7:00pm |
| Location: | The Observation Deck at Canada Place |
Jazz at Canada Place
| Date: | June 20 - 29 |
| Time: | 12pm - 2pm |
| Location: | North End Point at Canada Place |
| Admission: | Free |
Jazz at Canada Place, presented by the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association, features FREE outdoor jazz concerts on our spectacular waterfront. Enjoy 10 days of cool sounds and stunning scenery as part of the TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival.
Zakushi Tsukune ( Yakitori )
June 20, 2008
| Sizzling grilled skewers and tasty Japanese tapas dishes are made to share with good company. | |||||
| 823 Denman Street Vancouver, BC V6G 2L7
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4 right feet and 1 left foot found near Vancouver
June 20, 2008
This is something Bizarre that has occurred in Vancouver over the Last couple of Years.
5 feet encased in shoes have turned up on Beaches in the southwestern BC Area!
This Bizarre occurrence seems to be a chapter out of a novel from the famed ( West Vancouver) writer Douglas Coupland . *
Speculation abounds as to the source of these feet ~ from serial Killers to organized crime.
I believe the cause is much less nefarious ~ after many months consideration I have come up with my own Theory . I believe these feet are actually from a previous disaster ~ the December 26 tsunami in malasia.
There is a strange phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean called the “Pacific Dump” a large area of debris in the Pacific that accumulates Ocean debris. I speculate that if a persons body was set out to sea ( as was the case of many persons during the afore mentioned disaster)~ most of the persons body would be consumed by marine wildlife. The foot portion would ( being encased in a runner ) be less odoriferous and less likely to be consumed. The fact that the shoe has flotation, combined with the natural pacific ocean currents would lead the shoe ( with foot encased and preserved in the natural ocean brine) to end up in the “Pacific Dump” .
Now comes the interesting part of my theory ~ the fact that a majority of the feet are right feet can be explain by the natural position of the shoe in the water ( upside down ~ due to the buoyancy of the sole and the weight of the foot inside) combined with the “air foil chord shape ” of the shoe in the current of the “dump” would lead to a higher percentage of right feet escaping the swirl that is the “Pacific Dump“. the left shoes would tend to get pushed toward the center.
North Van Green Tour Eco tour Slide show
June 20, 2008
Here are some pics in a slide show format that show NorthVan GreenTours ‘ Vancouver Eco tour.
Just Click The Pic and it will take you to the slideshow : )
Urban Gardening in Vancouver (along with Public Art to boot!)
June 10, 2008
This I s a great urban Garden in Vancouver- It is on an unused rail spur (right of way)-
I guess this is one way to use an Unused Rail Network : )
I wish this type of thing was available in North Vancouver : )
Also some great public art:
Way to go Vancouver!
Young Bucks on the NorthVan GreenTour : )
June 10, 2008
