Vancouver Centennial Plaque #63 – Pioneer Businesses

Address:           111 W Hastings Street

Status:             Missing

“PIONEER BUSINESSES

Jones Tent & Awning, dating from 1887, first made sails, then supplied Klondike gold rushers, and even outfitted allied troops. Charles Woodward opened his innovative department store in 1892. Selling English clothing for gentlemen, Edward Chapman began his business in 1890. All three enterprises are active today.”

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

Photo credit: ECWoman.com (via VancouverScape.com 2015)

Jones Tent & Awning closed in 1990, Woodward’s in 1993, and Edward Chapman in 2022.