Vancouver Centennial Plaque #53 – False Creek Industry

Address:           On a support of the Granville Street Bridge, near 787 Seabreeze Walk

Status:             Still up

"FALSE CREEK INDUSTRY

In 1879, after the completion of False Creek Bridge (Main Street) George Black established a slaughterhouse. Spurred by C.P.R. developments, industries such as Sweeney's Cooperage and the Gas Works lined the creek to Granville Street, where in 1897 Alfred Wallace built a shipyard."

Credit: Vancouver Centennial Commission, Historic Plaque Program – list and documentation plaques 50-100 (June 18, 1986). Courtesy of Vancouver Archives

Photo credit: Vancouver Archives (AM54-S4-3- PAN N221)