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Description: The history of Vancouver in bite-sized fun-facts and stories QUICK LINKS Did you know...? There’s a reason why Major James Skitt Matthews has been dubbed The Man Who Saved Vancouver. Irascible, endlessly energetic, and passionate about his adopted hometown, Matthews not only wrote, interviewed, and collected the city’s past, but also terrorized decades of mayors
Did you know that there was an air base at what is now the peaceful Jericho Sailing Club? And are you aware that Kitsilano Beach had a large part to play in the events of June 6th, 1944 when allied troops stormed the beaches of Normany?
Mike Mcardle tells us all about it in his segment “The Last Word” on CTV News Vancouver.
Even when Vancouver was very young and very small, famous people began to drop by. Sometimes they weren’t famous yet: on May 8, 1911, when Fred Karno ’s entertainment troupe from England began a week-long engagement at the Orpheum Theatre (not the present one) at Pender and Howe Streets, one of the performers was a hugely gifted 22-year-old Charlie Chaplin .
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