This time in Streets & Squares, the city of Vancouver! The westernmost city of Canada, named after the British Navy officer and explorer George Vancouver.
As always in Streets & Squares, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page.
Many of the streets in Vancouver are named after colonial imperialists, omitting the fact that there is a lot of First Nations history in Vancouver. Just like there is in so many other places around the world. Here is an interesting article that takes an another point of view regarding the naming of streets and places in the city of Vancouver.
ANDY LIVINGSTONE PARK - The park was named for former Park Commissioner Andy Livingstone who served his city from 1969 – 1988. - StreetView
BURRARD STREET - Harry Burrard-Neale (1765-1840) British Navy officer and Member of Parliament born in England. Although he never visited British Columbia, his name is commonly found in the area.
CAMBIE STREET - Henry John Cambie (1836-1928) Irish-Canadian surveyor, civil engineer and a notable figure in the completion of Canada’s transcontinental railway. Born in Tipperary, Ireland.
DAVID LAM PARK - David Lam (1923-2010) Chinese-Canadian real estate entrepreneur, politician and philanthropist born in Hong Kong.
DAVIE ST - Alexander Edmund Batson Davie (1847-1889) lawyer, politician and Premier of British Columbia. Born in Somerset, England. - StreetView
GRANT McCONACHIE WAY - Grant McConachie (1909-1965) bush pilot, businessman and CEO of Canadian Pacific Airlines. Born in Hamilton, ON Canada. This is the way to the Vancouver International Airport - StreetView
GRANVILLE STREET - Granville George Leveson-Gower (1815-1891) 2nd Earl of Granville, statesman. Born in London, England.- StreetView
KING EDWARD AVE (East&West) - Edward VII (1841-1910) King of the United Kingdom etc. He toured North America in 1860, throughout Canada and the United States. It considerably boosted his confidence and self-esteem, and had many diplomatic benefits for Great Britain.
McGILL STREET - James McGill (1744-1813) Scottish businessman, philanthropist and founder of several universities, there among University of British Columbia (known earlier as the McGill University College of British Columbia). Born in Glasgow, Scotland. - StreetView
MUNDY PARK - originally Munday Park, after George Anthony Munday Jr. (1862-1918) an engineer and immigrant from London, England who bought land in Vancouver. StreetView
ROBSON STREET - John Robson (1824-1892) journalist, politician and Premier of the Province of British Columbia. Born in Perth, Ontario, Upper Canada.
ROSEMARY BROWN LANE - Rosemary Brown (1930-2003) Jamaican-Canadian politician advocating social justice. Born in Kingston, Jamaica. - StreetView
TRUTCH STREET - Joseph Trutch (1826-1904) British-Canadian engineer, surveyor and the first Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. Born in Ashcott, England. - StreetView
VAN DUSEN BOTANICAL GARDEN - Whitford Julian VanDusen (1889-1978) lumber magnatea and philanthropist - Tara, ON Canada
VANCOUVER - George Vancouver (1757-1798) Royal Navy officer and explorer of the western parts of Canada and a few other areas in the world. Born in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England.
Coat of Arms of Vancouver
A to Z FROM VANCOUVER
i.e. a list of people born in Vancouver. Just another fun way to know something more about the city. We pick a couple of people for each alphabet, if possible. The numbers you see at the end of each line indicate the year of birth. This list is updated from time to time. And last but not least: the coat of arms of Vancouver!
A - Glenn Anderson* hockey player (1960)
B - Gil Bellows* actor/screenwriter/director (1967)
C - Wayson Choy* writer (1939)
D - James Doohan* actor (Star Trek)/voice actor/author (1920) - Mackenzie Davis* actress/producer (1987)
E - Aileen Eaton* boxing & wrestling promoter (1909)
F - Wally Fawkes* Canadian-British jazz musician/satirical cartoonist (1924)
G - Chief Dan George* Chief the Tsleil-Waututh Nation/actor/ musician (1899)
H - Mark Humphrey* actor (1960) - Chelah Horsdal* actress (1973)
I - John Ireland* actor (1914)
J - Joshua Jackson* actor (1978)
K - Paul Kariya* hockey player/OG (1974)
L - Alexander Ludwig* actor/singer/model (1992)
M - Carrie-Anne Moss* actress (1967) - Brandon Jay McLaren* actor (1982)
O - Michael Ontkean* actor (1946)
P - Carey Price* hockey goalie (1987)
R - Ryan Reynolds* actor/film producer/screenwriter (1976)
S - Drew Scott & Jonathan Scott* co-hosts on Property Brothers (1978)
T - Jacob Tremblay* actor (2006)
V - Emmanuelle Vaugier* actress (1976)
W - Logan Williams* actor (2003)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_roads_in_Vancouver
https://www.straight.com/news/738441/yet-another-bland-street-name-coming-vancouver
Updated 25.4.2023