Lighting Up the Winter at Yaletown Illuminations in Vancouver
Originally posted on Albatz Travel Adventures:
Illuminate Yaletown was one of my favourite events to light up the dark days of winter. There were all manner of lights, fire dancers…
Category Archives: BC
The Hotel Vancouver, 1950
Note from Editor/Daughter: This story, from my dad’s journal of memories, is about a job he had at the Hotel Vancouver in 1950. When I left the cedar mill, I […]
The Mural Festival On (& Off) Main (Vancouver)
Although some countries have had ‘murals’ for thousands of years (cave paintings, Mexico, Egypt come to mind) there now seems to be a world mural craze, and Vancouver jumped in […]
Working at Arctic Ice Cream in Vancouver, 1951
Editor/Daughter’s Note: From my dad’s journal of memories, this story from Vancouver in 1951. I met a young Dane named Poul and we moved into a rooming house on Thurlow […]
The Three Pools at Little Qualicum Falls on Vancouver Island
Years ago I went on a sketching trip to Little Qualicum Falls on Vancouver Island. The star attraction for me were the three pools, each one different: one deep sea […]
Driftnetting in Canada’s West Coast Forest, 1950
Note from Editor/Daughter: My dad’s stories of when he first came from Denmark to Canada, taken in by a bunch of ‘fancy’ recruiting ads that promised the world but turned […]
Author’s Note from my Dad’s Journal of Memories
My Dad’s note about his journal: Because I am not a very good typist or too good at English grammar I have chosen to heavily illustrate this book. As the saying […]
