Historical Map: Vancouver City and Suburban Lines, c. 1930

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A Guide to Vancouver, the complete map by Peter Hugh Page, a pamphlet by BCER circa 1930, pre-Lions Gate Bridge. “BCER Takes you everywhere!” From the VPL Special Collections, SPEMAPC 388.46 V223b 1930

A charmingly breezy little map of streetcar, interurban rail and motorbus services in Vancouver in 1930. Hand-drawn by one Peter Hugh Page (even the BCER logo!), the map features a number of crudely drawn but amusing vignettes of life in the city. These include a crowded “sightseeing car”, an amourous couple in a park, and an assortment of golfers dotted around the map (in a very similar vein to this 1941 map of Winnipeg, Manitoba).

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