Photograph depicts the Lion's Gate Bridge as seen from the Stanley Park Seawall near the Figurehead of the Empress of Japan. Construction on Lion's Gate Bridge started in 1937, partly in an effort to create jobs during the Great Depression. Construction also started in part because of the influence of the wealthy Guinness family who owned a great portion of the British Properties in West Vancouver. They wanted a bridge connecting West Vancouver to the city of Vancouver to increase the value of their properties. The bridge was complete in 1938 and officially dedicated in 1939 by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
Dirt path and paved rest area with benches in foreground of image; masthead from a ship in shape of dragon positioned in garden on rest area so that it faces the harbour; Lion's Gate Bridge spans background of image with three stack steamship passing on water.
Photograph depicts the Stanley Park entrance to the Lion's Gate Bridge. Construction on Lion's Gate Bridge started in 1937, partly in an effort to create jobs during the Great Depression. Construction also started in part because of the influence of the wealthy Guinness family who owned a great portion of the British Properties in West Vancouver. They wanted a bridge connecting West Vancouver to the city of Vancouver to increase the value of their properties. The bridge was complete in 1938 and officially dedicated in 1939 by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
Angled view of suspension bridge; two pillars and lion statues at entrance to bridge; speed limit sign posted before entrance to bridge reads "SPEED LIMIT 25 MILES"; snow capped North Shore mountains in background; one stack steamer passing under bridge.
Photograph depicts the First Narrows, taken from Stanley Park at Prospect Point with the S.S. Beaver cairn and plaque in the foreground. A Union Steamship heads west out of the narrows; across the narrows, housing at Ambleside in West Vancouver line the shoreline; the pier at Dundarave is seen faintly in the distance; Hollyburn Ridge rises above West Vancouver.
Photograph depicts a fisherman at Drinkwater Creek on Vancouver Island.
Placid creek in foreground of image with log running along width of creek; fisherman with creel basket standing on rocky bank to left of creek; mountains with heavy tree cover in background.
Photograph depicts US cable ship "Restorer" at the First Narrows.
Ship with one smokestack in middle of image; small shack and house built directly on water in bottom left of image, backing up against hill side, probably underneath Prospect Point; North Shore mountains in background.
Photograph depicts Mount Arrowmith on Vancouver Island. The snowy peaks of the mountain are framed by Douglas fir trees in the foreground and on the mountain's flanks.
