Chuck Davis
Vancouver City Hall, 453 W. 12th Ave.
"Vancouver can certainly be described as restless. Many don’t like restlessness. They flee the city, if they can. Then there are the rest of us."
From the introduction to The Greater Vancouver Book
The ultimate expert on all historical matters pertaining to Vancouver, Chuck Davis routinely asked students in Vancouver area schools to name the person who the statue behind City Hall represents. His listeners always guessed it was George Washington. In this way Chuck Davis could kindly begin the process of educating his audiences as to how little they knew about their city. As a congenial radio host, quizmaster, newspaper columnist, author and master gatherer, Chuck Davis continuously popularized B.C. history from the publication of his magnum opus, The Vancouver Book (1976), until his death in 2010.
