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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

This page will help you find material in Vancouver Public Library on the history of Indo-Canadians in Canada.

Find information in the Vancouver Public Library on Chinese Canadian history, from the early years to the present day.

The resources in this section will help learn more about the climate of BC in the past and track how it has changed over the years.

Main Street has long been considered the rough dividing line between the eastern and western part of Vancouver. Westside Vancouver neighbourhoods include Fairview, Marpole, Kitsilano, West Point Grey, Dunbar, Kerrisdale, and Shaughnessy.