The story of Rogers Sugar—whose refinery has been on Vancouver’s waterfront for more than a hundred years—begins away back in 1881 with a 15-year-old kid, Ben Rogers. Rogers would begin Vancouver’s first industry not based on the forests or fishery, a company worth many millions of dollars today. He was 24 years old when he started it.
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The great American bass Paul Robeson was to have performed in Vancouver in January, 1952. He had performed at the
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One of the more unusual pieces of outdoor sculpture in Vancouver is the huge, old-fashioned and impressive memorial to U.S.
Read MoreAmericans have had a major influence on the history of Metropolitan Vancouver. Simon Fraser Simon Fraser, after whom the Fraser
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Scottish influence in metropolitan Vancouver was important from the very beginning of our post-native history…
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