A LENS ON VANCOUVER'S PAST
Walter Frost's Holland-America Line (1920-1975)
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The North Pacific Coast Line
In a short PechaKucha presentation (20 slides x 20 seconds), Floris van Weelderen explores the now defunct North Pacific Coast Line to challenge the way we think about how one could travel directly by sea between Continental Europe and Canada’s West Coast from 1920 to 1968. You'll be surprised at the luxurious experience, distance travelled, duration, costs, and why it disappeared.
A 60-page low-resolution compendium including photos of 18 Holland-America Line (HAL) ships, a biography of Walter Frost, a brief history of the Port of Vancouver plus interesting facts and figures about HAL, its ships, and the photos is available for downloading below.
Last revised - February 15, 2023
The Evolution of Intercontinental Travel
In another PechaKucha, Floris explores the Evolution of Intercontinental Travel to challenge the way we think about how people travelled between Vancouver and Rotterdam in 1937, 1967 and 2007. You'll be surprised at the options available, distances travelled, duration, and cost.
A digital infographic illustrating the various options is available for downloading below.
Last revised - February 5, 2023
Gateway to the Pacific
In Vancouver, there is is a narrow strip of land between the water’s edge of Burrard Inlet’s South Shore and the steel tracks of the Canadian Pacific Railway, stretching east from the towering trees of Stanley Park to the bluffs of Burnaby. All manner of cargo has been transferred across Vancouver's various piers and wharves from ship to shore and shore to ship since before British Columbia joined confederation in 1871.
As there are far too many docks along the length of Vancouver’s waterfront to describe in a single book, only the 15 most prominent piers and wharves on Burrard Inlet’s South Shore – the original Port of Vancouver – described from west to east in a single compendium, is available for downloading below.
Last revised - February 12, 2023