STANLEY PARK HISTORY GROUP EVENTS
EVENTS CALENDAR
Arch at the entrance of Stanley Park, ca. 1890
Vancouver City Archives LGN 1048
TOUR #1 Saturday May 25, 2013
SPECIAL TOUR: Stanley Park’s 125th Anniversary Historical Walking Tour
1:30pm – 3:30pm
The park turns 125 years old this year. On this special tour, Jolene Cumming shares highlights and park “secrets” from her 10 years of presenting historical walking tours in Stanley Park. Includes rare historical photographs.
Meet in front of the Stanley Park Dining Pavilion, (across from Malkin Bowl and near the #19 city bus loop.)
The tour returns to the Pavilion.
Drop-in only. $10 cash per person. Rain or shine
E. Pauline Johnson’s funeral procession on Georgia St ,March 10, 1913
Vancouver City Archives Port P1422
TOUR #2 Sunday June 2, 2013
E. Pauline Johnson 100 Years: A Stanley Park Historical Walking Tour
1:00pm – 2:30pm
In 1913 flags flew at half mast the day poet & stage performer E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake) died in Vancouver’s West End. Johnson loved, routinely visited and wrote about Stanley Park. This tour will follow the trails she walked, stroll through the “Cathedral Trees” from her “The Lure of Stanley Park” story, walk the shores where she paddled her canoe, and visit the body of water she named Lost Lagoon. Also hear about other park themes from Johnson’s best selling 1912 “Legends of Vancouver” book, like Deadman’s Island and Siwash Rock. Includes rare historical photographs relating to E.P.J.
Departs from & returns to the Lost Lagoon viewing plaza at Alberni St. & Chilco St.
Drop-in only. $10 cash per person. Rain or shine.
Pauline Johnson, ca. 1900 Vancouver City Archives Port P637
Archers in Stanley Park, 1928. Vancouver Archives CVA 99-1702
TOUR #3 Saturday June 8, 2013
Stanley Park, Vancouver’s Playground: Sports & Recreation Historical Walking Tour.
1:30pm – 3:30pm
Discover how active Vancouverites spent their time in Stanley Park, from the 1880′s into the 1920′s. Includes rare historical photographs.
Meet in front of the Stanley Park Dining Pavilion, (across from Malkin Bowl and near the #19 city bus loop.)
The tour returns to the Pavilion.
Drop-in only. $10 cash per person. Rain or shine
Rower off Stanley Park, ca. 191o. Vancouver Archives CVA 99-1029
** check back here soon for more tours for June – November, 2013
GENERAL TOUR INFORMATION
HISTORICAL WALKING TOURS
Tours depart from various locations & have various starting times.
All tickets are $10 cash (exact change is helpful). Part proceeds go to the Stanley Park Ecology Society.
Tour runs rain or shine. Please wear appropriate clothing & footwear as we may be walking on some uneven ground at times. All tours feature rare archival photographs.
Tours are presented by historical interpreter Jolene Cumming. 2013 marks Jolene’s 10th anniversary of presenting Stanley Park historical walking tours and events.
*Tours may be subject to change. Please check this site regularly.
Stanley Park Map
Photo: Plan showing lands occupied in Stanley Park near Brockton Point. ca. 1923. CVA map 6.
