A small park in Mount Pleasant neighbourhood. This small park has plenty of comfortable seats and pleasant inward views. Children enjoy the playground, and the gazebo is a wonderful place to sip lemonade or play some tunes on a guitar.
Major James Mathews 1878-1970 worked tirelessly to collect early pioneer records of Vancouver for over 41 years. Without his efforts, much of our city's history would never have been recorded. Born in Wales, Mathews arrived in Vancouver in 1898. After distinguished service overseas in world war 1, he returned and began collecting letters, photographs, journals, paintings, even artifacts. He was variously described as courageous, colourful and controversial. In 1971, his archives found a permanent home when Vancouver city archives was built and named in his honour.
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