Narvaez Sesquicentennial Pageant
Description
- Creator
- Unknown photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Original Vancouver City Archives Description: "Narvaez Sesquicentennial Pageant, Ambleside Park West Vancouver, BC. August 16, 1941. Reeve J. Edward Sears, of the municipality of West Vancouver, is speaking after having unveiled a cairn of boulders, with bronze plaque inset, commemorating the visit to Burrard Inlet, July 1791, of Pilot Commander Don Jose Maria Naraez in the 'Santa Saturnina'. Guard of bluejackets from HCMS 'Quesnelle'. The largest crowd - over 12,000 ever known in West Vancouver watched. The sign behind is a relic of the abandoned Pacific Great Eastern Railway."
- Date of Original
- August 16, 1941
- Date Of Event
- 1941
- Subject(s)
- Corporate Name(s)
- Vancouver City Archives
- Local identifier
- 0064.VCA
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ambleside Park
Latitude: 49.3244052 Longitude: -123.1449982
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Ambleside Beach
Latitude: 49.3225214 Longitude: -123.1462085
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Ambleside Park
- Copyright Statement
- Public domain.
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- Vancouver City Archives
- Location of Original
- Vancouver City Archives
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned August 2011 using Epson Perfection V700 Photo at 300dpi and 100% of original image size. Alternate Versions: Lossless TIF from original scan at 300dpi and 100% of original print. W23 x H18 cm black & white print on photo paper.VCA Number Port N541 P616
- Contact
- West Vancouver Memorial LibraryEmail:turquhart@westvanlibrary.ca
Website:
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