Vancouver Centennial Plaque #60 – South Vancouver

Address:           5740 Fraser Street

Status:             Still up

"SOUTH VANCOUVER

In 1892 isolated residents south of Vancouver incorporated a municipality. A conservative borrowing policy combined with a radical land tax policy led to the splitting off of Point Grey In 1908 – a rupture not healed until amalgamation with Vancouver in 1929."

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- Bu P143)