ECHO Stanley Park
Welcome to the home page of Environmental & Cultural History Of Stanley Park.
Interest in Stanley Park’s *Environmental History and Cultural History is growing. This site is designed to help people find out about Stanley Park history related upcoming public events, historical walking tours, presentations, meetings and exhibits, as well as inform you on how to book your own private walking tour or event. It also has a “Stanley Park History Bites” page which features interesting historical facts about the iconic park. Join us at one of these posted events to explore the past wonders of this famous West Coast rainforest peninsula and Canadian National Historic Site.
* Environmental History definition: The historical study of how humans shaped nature and how nature influenced human history.
Stanley Park history EVENTS CALENDAR
EVENT PICK OF THE MONTH
Saturday May 26, 2012. Between 10:00am-12:00pm
90th Anniversary of the 1922 unveiling of the E. Pauline Johnson Memorial in Stanley Park. Join the Friends of the Vancouver City Archives Society at the memorial to mark this historic anniversary and the recent City of Vancouver Archives donation of its original 1922 blueprints from J.B. Newall Memorials Ltd. Drop by that day, meet the Friends and see; a copy of the blueprints, E. Pauline Johnson historical photographs and other related items.
There is no scheduled programming, but come and share your own E. Pauline Johnson/Tekahionwake stories. Friends board member Jolene Cumming recalls, “People still remember her. Every time I visit the memorial there’s a gift or some kind of offering left on the edge of her fountain, a cedar bough, a bouquet of flowers, things like that.”
Located at Ferguson Point beside the Teahouse Restaurant in Stanley Park. Free and open to the public. (see History Bites on this site)
(Pay) Parking Tip: The big Third Beach parking lot might be the best choice because of the “one-way traffic system” in the park, ie; if the parking spots are full in front of the Teahouse Restaurant, then you can’t back track.
above photo: 1921, City of Vancouver Archives, Mon N47.1.
Check back soon for the list of the 2012 Stanley Park Historical Summer Walking Tours presented by the Stanley Park History Group. They include;
- Stanley Park’s Forgotten History: Where Human and Natural History Met.
- The History of Protests, Rallies and Demonstrations in Stanley Park
- Stanley Park’s Historical Gardens Tour
- Horse Tales and Bridle Trails, “Vancouver was a REAL horse town”
- A Brief Environmental History of Stanley Park
- Mysteries, Myths and Misconceptions of Historical Stanley Park
- HistoricTrails of Stanley Park (a Stanley Park Ecology Society Discovery Walk on Sunday August 19th)
- The Women of Stanley Park: a Historical Perspective (October Women’s History Month)
Above photo: Group assembled for a picnic on the lawn in front of the Vancouver Waterworks Company house by the previous First Nations settlement of Chaythoos in Stanley Park, ca. 1890. City of Vancouver Archives SGN 175B
Klahowya Village in Stanley Park 2012
Opening date tba. Enjoy the warmth of our Aboriginal Summer Village and join the excitement in 2012. Klahowya Village in Vancouver’s Stanley Park is an authentic Aboriginal tourism experience like no other you’ve seen. We welcome you to visit, celebrate and experience our vibrant culture through song, dance, art and cuisine!
Presented by The Aboriginal Tourism Association of BC.
Above photo: Remains of an abandoned First Nations dug-out canoe not far from the Seven Sisters grove of trees at Tatlow Trail and Bridle Path. City of Vancouver Archives, ca. 1900. CVA 677-986
