Vancouver 125 Places

Vancouver 125 Places

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Buildings, Parks, Streets ... Test your knowledge of Vancouver's Places

  1. 1

    What was the City of Vancouver's original name?

  2. 2

    Queen Elizabeth Park used to be a:

  3. 3

    The Marine Building is one of the finest examples of what type of style of architecture?

  4. 4

    Which family financed the construction of Lions Gate Bridge ?

  5. 5

    This was the first public golf course in Vancouver and was built as a make work project during the Depression.

  6. 6

    Casa Mia, the historic Southlands mansion, was originally built for George Reifel, a liquor magnate and rum runner during Prohibition. Reifel also opened the :

  7. 7

    Which hotel opened Vancouver's first cocktail lounge in 1954?

  8. 8

    Lost Lagoon was reputedly named by:

  9. 9

    WISE Hall on Adanac Street opened in 1926. What did WISE originally stand for?

  10. 10

    This building is one of the few that survived the Great Fire of 1886 (and is still standing today)

  11. 11

    At one point the West end of Vancouver was going to be named:

  12. 12

    This building is the oldest vaudeville house in Western Canada.

  13. 13

    Kingsway is named after which monarch?

  14. 14

    The Stanley Park Sea Wall officially opened in 1980. When did construction originally start on the Seawall?

  15. 15

    The Orpheum Theatre is named after:

  16. 16

    The original Vancouver Court House (now the Art Gallery) was designed by Francis Rattenbury. What other BC buildings did Rattenbury design?

  17. 17

    There have been various Vancouver City Hall Buildings (the current building opened in the 1930's) Following the Great Fire, what structure served as a temporary City Hall?

  18. 18

    In 1859 a surveyor encountered an area with marshy tidal flats (instead of a waterway). In disappointment he named it False Creek. What was his name?

  19. 19

    Commerical Drive was originally named:

  20. 20

    What store opened at the corner of Hastings and Abbott in 1902?

  21. 21

    John Grant was the original engineer of the Burrard Bridge which opened in 1932. It was Grant's idea to bracket the Bridge with two lamps as a tribute to:

  22. 22

    Deadman's Island was once used as an isolation hospital for what disease?

  23. 23

    Avalon Dairy is the oldest continuously operating Dairy in B.C. What street is it located on?

  24. 24

    Which of the following is NOT one of the oldest streets in Vancouver?

  25. 25

    Van Dusen Botanical Garden was formerly a:

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