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Spotlight

  • First Nations people in button blankets at Quatsino Sound

    Historical Context

    The Vancouver Public Library has many resources for researching Indigenous peoples' history in British Columbia and Canada.

  • Photograph of the 2010 Olympic mascots

    2000's - Gateway to the Pacific

    This guide will help you learn about BC history in the 2000s.

  • Komagata Maru incident

    1900's - Settlers, Migration, Wars, and Social Change

    This guide will help you learn about BC history in the 1900s.

  • People with gold nuggets in hand, Yukon Territory.

    The Gold Rush

    There were two major gold rushes in British Columbia - one occurring around 1858 on the Fraser River and the other in 1862 in the Cariboo district.

  • Fort Langley

    1800's - Trade and Expansion

    This guide will help you learn about BC history in the 1800s

  • The Clipper Reporter (Ship)

    Ship Information

    Ships are one of the oldest and most important means of transportation. Every day, thousands of ships cross the oceans, sail along seacoasts, and travel on inland waterways. Trade and the economic health of the world's countries depend heavily on the shipping industry.

    In addition to the select resources listed here, Level 4 of the Central Library houses the Ships File, a historic, card citation index of ship names.

  • A Bill Helin painting depicts the damage caused by B.C.'s tsunami of 1700.

    1700's - European Exploration and Contact

    This guide will help you learn about BC history in the 1700s

  • Japanese Canadian men reading document posted by R.C.M.P

    Internment and Redress

    This page will help you find information in the Vancouver Public Library on the internment of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War, as well the struggle to obtain redress for this human rights violation.

  • Welcome arch to welcome TRH the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York

    Japanese Canadian History

    This section will help you find information in the Vancouver Public Library on Japanese Canadian history.

  • Sikhs aboard Komagata Maru

    Komagata Maru

    This page will help you find material in Vancouver Public Library on the Komagata Maru. In 1914 a group from India sailed to Canada in order to challenge the policies that kept non-white people from immigrating to Canada.