Gastown

Gassy Jack Lands on the Burrard Shore, 1866

Historic Vancouver Gastown

When Capt. Jack Deighton and his family pulled their canoe onto the south shore of the Burrrard Inlet in 1867, Jack was on one more search for riches. He was broke again, but he wasted no time in starting a new business and building the settlement that would become Vancouver.

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