OpenHistoricalMap/Projects/Metro Vancouver

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This project maps the growth of the Metro Vancouver region from the founding of the city of Vancouver to the present.

Areas with some features mapped

  • New Westminster
  • Vancouver
    • Downtown
    • Fairview
    • Mount Pleasant
    • Shaughnessy
    • West End
  • University of British Columbia
  • University Endowment Lands

Extra Projects

  • Highways of B.C.'s Lower Mainland

Resources

Many resources for features in Vancouver exist in either government websites or community-maintained sites. The most notable sites are given below.

Changing Vancouver

VanMap Viewer

An interactive map by the City of Vancouver featuring property details, such as Build Year, Property Address. The site also features the use of Goad's 1912 Fire Insurance Map of Vancouver as one of the data layers that can be overlain on a present-day map.

Vancouver Archives

Archives of the City of Vancouver. Features many historical maps, images, and documents about Vancouver from 1886 onwards.

UBC Library

Features maps and photographs of UBC throughout the years