Thursday, June 18, 2020

Driving in Vancouver in the 1960's

Although the story says it's newly released I have a feeling I've seen it or perhaps even posted it myself. 

The Ministry of Transportation just released a wonderful archival video from 1966! In it they drive from Horseshoe Bay, through downtown Vancouver, up Main street then onto Kingsway to Burnaby. It was part of their 'photologs' where they would mount a camera on a car and produce a film on 16mm.
In a blog post the Ministry states that "these roads were classified as provincial Highways 1 and 99 until the early 1970s. In fact, Kingsway was also a component of the Trans-Canada Highway until construction was completed on the current alignment of the TCH across the Fraser River on the Port Mann Bridge in 1964."


Pick up the story and the video here:

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/history/1960s-driving-in-vancouver-1934738?utm_source=Vancouver+Is+Awesome&utm_campaign=7008abda8d-Daily+060920&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f592a7afc0-7008abda8d-136521497