Vancouver Centennial Plaque #33 – Fairview Shacks

Address:           855 W 12th Ave

Status:             Still up

33. FAIRVIEW SHACKS

In 1910 McGill College (renamed the University of British Columbia in 1915) was housed in temporary buildings on this site. By 1922 the permanent buildings at Point Grey were still unfinished and protesting students embarked on “The Great Trek”.

Credit: Vancouver Centennial Commission, Historic Plaque Program – list and documentation plaques 1-49 (June 18, 1986). Courtesy of Vancouver Archives

Photo credit: UBC (158.1016)