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The Knight Street Bridge: Part 2

by Eve Lazarus on December 9, 2022

The Knight Street Bridge photo essay is the second in a three-part series by Angus McIntyre. The photos were taken on Angus’s Konica Autoreflex T Camera.

December 31, 1972 was an unseasonably warm Sunday and Angus McIntyre jumped on his bike and headed to the Fraser River. He spent the day documenting the construction of the Knight Street Bridge and the Arthur Laing Bridge – the two Fraser river crossings that would replace the Fraser Street swing span bridge from Vancouver to Mitchell Island and the fixed trestle bridge to Lulu Island.

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Margaret Fane, Western Canada’s First Commercial Aviatrix

by Eve Lazarus on December 2, 2022

December 7 is International Civil Aviation Day. It’s a great excuse to write about Margaret (Fane) Rutledge (1914-2004), founder of the Flying Seven and one of the country’s first female pilots.

Edmonton:

Margaret Fane was born to an Edmonton family who were obsessed with making things move. Her father, William Fane, began by repairing carriages, and by 1928 owned what was reputedly the “largest automobile repair plant in the west.” He was the founding member of the Edmonton Glider Club, and in 1933, hand built a glider in his shop.

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Tags Alma Gilbert, Amelia Earhart, Betsy Flaherty, Edmonton Aero Club, Edmonton Glider Club, Elianne Roberge, Flying Seven, Jean Pike, Keith Rutledge, Margaret Fane, Margaret Rutledge, Ninety-Nines, Rolie Moore, Tosca Trasolini, William Fane

The Mysterious Graves at UBC’s Gage Towers – Part 2

by Eve Lazarus on November 25, 2022

Do the tiled pile of bricks and cedar planks at UBC’s Gage Tower hold human remains, or are they leftovers from a six-decade-old childhood prank?

Last week I wrote about the two graves near UBC’s Gage Towers. Gregg Doughty first heard about the graves when he started with the university in 1991.

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The mysterious graves at UBC’s Gage Towers

by Eve Lazarus on November 18, 2022

Gregg Doughty has worked at UBC as horticulturist and arborist since 1991. For the last few decades, he has tried to find out the names of the people buried in two unmarked graves. The university prefers not to talk about it. They’re worried that the graves may be vandalized or frighten students living in the adjacent Walter Gage residences.

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The Fraser Street Swing Span Bridge

by Eve Lazarus on November 11, 2022

The Fraser Street Swing Span Bridge was built in 1894 and linked what’s now Fraser Street with No. 5 Road, Richmond. It was demolished in 1974 after completion of the Knight Street Bridge. This is part one of a three-part series about crossing the Fraser River in 1972 by Angus McIntyre

On December 31, 1972, Angus McIntyre, 25 was living at the Fairmont Apartments at 10th Avenue and Spruce Street.

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Tags Angus McIntyre, Arthur Laing Bridge, Fraser River Bridge, Fraser Street Swing Span Bridge, Knight Street Bridge, Terry Slack

The Pamela Darlington Murder

by Eve Lazarus on November 6, 2022

Pamela Darlington turned 19 on October 21, 1973. Seventeen days later her body was found at the edge of the Thompson River in Kamloops. She claims the number four spot on E-Pana’s list—the RCMP’s task force that was set up in 2005 to investigate 18 Highway of Tears cases of missing and murdered women.

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The Ghosts of Glen Drive

by Eve Lazarus on October 28, 2022

Jose Lee and her sister bought a house on Vancouver’s Glen Drive in 1984. For a time they shared the house with the previous tenant who had died some years before.

This is an excerpt from a story in Sensational Vancouver.

When Jose Lee bought her house in 1984, she said it had the most beautiful landscaping in the neighbourhood.

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The 1981 PNE Prize Home

by Eve Lazarus on August 20, 2022

Architect Ron Thom designed a 4,000 sq.ft. prize home for the PNE in 1981. It resided in South Surrey.

In 1981, British Columbia was in the throes of a recession, house prices were plummeting, and first-time buyers were looking at interest rates of over 20%.

Architectural offices were closing, and even a starchitect like Ron Thom was searching for clients.

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