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S5 E56 Martha: The Ghost in Room 209 | Eve Lazarus The Wigwam Inn at Indian Arm is one of Metro Vancouver's most storied old mansions. It's also haunted. The ghost of Martha lives in Room 209.

Built in 1910 as a hotel for the rich, the Wigwam Inn on Indian Arm has been a dance hall, a brothel and an illegal casino. Is it haunted? Of course! Listen to ghostly encounters from the caretaker and her daughter #Halloween #coldcasecanada podcast #northvancouver evelazarus.com/.../s5-e56-m...

Murchies Tea+ Coffee store at 1008 Robson Street, Vancouver. Murchies occupied the building from 1947 until 1984. The site was redeveloped in 1995. Mintage, vintage clothing is now in the space. Bruce Stewart photo, 1981 evelazarus.com/vancouvers-s... #everyplacehasastory #vancouverexposed

A wonderful review of Beneath Dark Waters #empressofireland by Craig Baird @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social

Vancouver’s Store Windows – an Essay in Photos | Eve Lazarus In the 1970s, Bruce Stewart documented a series of crazy store front windows around Vancouver and in Nanaimo

Where most of see a jumbled store window, Bruce Stewart sees “unconscious art.” “This is central to my collection of window displays as it showcases the abjectly surreal nature of arrangements," he says. Photos from the '70s: evelazarus.com/vancouvers-s...

You have seen some of Angus McIntyre's beautiful photos on this page, on my blog and in my book Vancouver Exposed: Searching for the City's Hidden History.
Now you can meet Angus next Saturday and hear about his 40-year career as a Vancouver bus driver @spacecentreyvr.bsky.social - bit.ly/4nCBHXD

Eve Lazarus: 50 years ago today, a massive explosion rocked North Vancouver Five men died while another 12 were severely burned in a fire at North Van's Burrard Terminals caused by exploding grain dust, said to be '35 times more explosive than TNT'

Eve Lazarus: 50 years ago today, a massive explosion rocked North Vancouver

Grace Hospital opened on October 2, 1927 at Heather and 26th Avenue in Vancouver. It had 50-beds and bassinets. The new Grace Hospital opened in April 1982, and four years later, the old hospital had morphed into "Grace Estate" a two-level, 40-suite condo building
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Are in planning to be in North Vancouver tomorrow night? So am I! I'll be giving a talk and showing off some photos from my new book Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck. It's at Lynn Valley Library on Lynn Valley Road at 6:30 pm evelazarus.com/book/beneath...

A postcard which has a picture of a CPR steamship which is black and white with two yellow and black funnels. The words Empress of Ireland 1914-2014 are underneath. At the other side there is a lighthouse and relevant places plotted on a map such as Pointe-au-Pere. Above that is a Canada Post stamp

Today is #WorldMaritimeDay and a great excuse to remember the #EmpressofIreland, the CPR liner that sank in 1914 and claimed four more passenger lives than the Titanic. There were 75 passengers onboard from BC - only 10 returned #shipwreck #beneathdarkwaters
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Photo shows the Salvation Army staff band holding their instruments just before they embarked on a trip to England on the Empress of Ireland in 1914. there is a huge drum in the front and the caption says that those marked x were rescued.

Oliver Mardall of Vancouver was one of 161 Salvationists heading to the International Congress in England when the Empress of Ireland sank in 1914 #beneathdarkwaters #empressofireland
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Poster shows a head and shoulders photo of Eve Lazarus who has short light brown hair and is wearing glasses and a short sleeved top. Underneath is a cover of her book Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck, and above that is the time and date Saturday September 20, 2025 at 2:00 pm and below that a description of the event at the Fraser Valley Regional Library in Abbotsford

Excited to be giving a talk and showing off some of the photos from #BeneathDarkWaters at the #Abbotsford Community Library this Saturday afternoon! It's free, but the library would love you to register at www.fvrl.bc.ca/events/7298
#empressofireland #shipwreck

Dozens of people are lined up along a dock in False Creek to board the Bonabelle, a former North Shore ferry. The Granville and Burrard bridges are in the background as is the 1970s skyline of Vancouver which shows the BC Electric building, the Hotel Vancouver and a very new Royal Bank Tower

The Vancouver skyline of glass towers taken from the south side of False Creek. The Granville and Burrard bridges are visible in the background and their boats in the water.

Bruce Stewart took this photo of people boarding the Bonabelle in the '70s. I took the second photo in August 2025 to show the change in the skyline evelazarus.com/false-creek-...

We’re looking forward to hearing from these authors and more at the 2025 Festival. Tickets go on sale to the public September 16!

• elin kelsey
• Wesley King
• Emma Knight
• Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social
• Eve Lazarus @evelazarus.bsky.social
• Danielle Leavitt

Eve Lazarus is standing in front of a wall of waves. She has shoulder length light brown hair and is wearing a blue cardigan. There is a cover of her book Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck

Book covers of Vancouver Exposed, Cold Case BC, Cold Case Vancouver, Murder by Milkshake and Blood, Sweat and Fear

I’m hitting the road this month and next, and I'll be in #Kelowna, #Nelson, #Trail and #Abbotsford with stops back in #NorthVancouver and #Vancouver. If you're in the area, please stop by and say hello, I'd love to see you!
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Eve Lazarus: Superyachts and lost fountains, lots to see at Lonsdale Quay Here are some interesting facts and figures about Attessa V, the yacht docked in North Vancouver that is approximately the same length as a football field

Eve Lazarus: Superyachts and lost fountains, lots to see at Lonsdale Quay

Three storey brick building with a 1920s car parked out the front

Lord Byng Secondary turned 100 this year, which is quite a feat considering most Vancouver buildings are lucky to make it to their 25th. The school is on W16th in Point Grey, and the photo was likely taken in 1925
Photo courtesy Vancouver Archives and Canadian Colour
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It would be interesting to see the changes nearly 15 years on!

Photo shows the North Shore mountains and the Vancouver skyline in 1974. The foreground shows land getting ready for development

Photo shows Vancouver's skyline and the north shore mountains in 2011. It was taken by Angus McIntyre to compare to the same view in 1974

Angus McIntyre took the first photo from Choklit Park at W 7th and Spruce St in 1974. He took the second photo at the same spot in 2011. The CPR yards are visible and the foreground is clearly ready for development.
More photos of False Creek in the '70s: evelazarus.com/false-creek-...

False Creek in the '70s | Eve Lazarus Over 50 years has gone by since Bruce Stewart took these photos of False Creek. Not much is recognizable now

Over 50 years has gone by since Bruce Stewart took these photos of False Creek. Not much is recognizable now. Story and photos: evelazarus.com/false-creek-...

Angus McIntyre is riding the back of a Brill Trolley bus that's taking a detour to the PNE in 1974.

Taking the bus to the PNE this weekend? Angus McIntyre is on the back of a Brill trolley maneuvering around a detour to the PNE in 1974. He tells me they'd do this while travelling at speeds of up to 30 km/hr.
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In 1957 the PNE prize home (which is still in Burnaby) at 1,444 sq ft, was 1.5 times the size of a normal house. It was a single-storey early Rancher and it was less than half the size of this year's prize home which comes with a library and a whiskey tasting room evelazarus.com/the-pne-priz...

Photo shows a broken gold ring and the jewelry box it came in which is stamped H. Samuel Jeweller Manchester

In 2020 Sébastien Hudon bought a film at an online auction in England sight unseen. It turned out to be a newsreel missing since 1914. It had images of two Empress of Ireland survivors from Silverton, BC and it led Seb on a quest to find the story behind a broken ring evelazarus.com/the-story-of...

Two women with big hair are shown riding a gondola at the PNE in 1971. The fair is shown below

The Sky Glider was introduced to the PNE in 1970 and was a crowd favourite for 15 years. It carried passengers in gondola chairs in a 7-minute, one-way trip. If you're wondering where it went, it's at Mount Seymour - it's been the Brockton Chair since 1988 evelazarus.com/ten-things-y...

The four members of the Beatles dressed in blazers and sitting behind a long desk with microphones at a news conference in Vancouver.

On August 22, 1964, 20,000+ teens packed Empire Stadium to watch the Beatles for 27 minutes. One of the broadcasters was Rene Castellani. The following year, he murdered his wife Esther with arsenic flavoured milkshakes evelazarus.com/book/murder-...
Photo courtesy Rob Frith and Neptoon Records

Photo of a pink float at Burrard and Dunsmuir Streets in 1959. Two women are seated at the front wearing long flowing white and yellow dresses and white gloves. A third woman is standing at the bank in a long blue frilly dress. Behind them are people sitting by the side of the road and on top of buildings to watch the parade. There is a neon Shell sign and an old vintage car.

A nice rainy day to usher in the first day of the PNE!
This 1959 photo of the PNE parade at Burrard and Dunsmuir, Vancouver was taken by 13-year-old Bruce Stewart. For more things that you won't see at this year's PNE check out: evelazarus.com/ten-things-y...

Eve Lazarus: Taking a second look at third crossings for the North Shore Numerous ideas for a bridge or tunnel have been pitched before. Alas...

Eve Lazarus: Taking a second look at third crossings for the North Shore

Lisa Gavin is smiling in the photo. She has should length brown hair and is wearing a long sleeved cream sweater over a shirt

Lisa Gavin, 21, murdered Aug 13, 1988. She was strangled, her body found in the alley behind Knight and E49th. She was part of an investigation by the E-Alley task force formed to hunt a serial killer who was murdering Vancouver’s sex trade workers #ColdCaseCanada ep 41 evelazarus.com/alley-murders/

Nick Masee has short brown and grey curly hair and a moustache and is wearing a tuxedo. Lisa has long dark hair and is wearing a bright red jacket with matching lipstick.

On Aug 10, 1994 Nick Masee and his wife Lisa disappeared from their #NorthVancouver home. Their car was in the drive, the front door unlocked, the security system off, and inside were their passports and Spider, their 17-year-old cat. Are they missing or murdered? evelazarus.com/cold-case-ca...

I am so honoured to be included in the line-up of this year's Vancouver Writer's Festival.

Photo shows 14-year-old Lindsey Nicholls wearing a black shirt and blue jeans and long brown hair standing next to Minnie Mouse dressed in a red and white polka-dotted dress on her left. Her mother Judy is on her right. She is wearing a blue and white striped shirt and holding a denim jacket. Lindsey's sister Kim is on the far left of the photo. She is wearing a blue hat and white and blue shirt

Lindsey Nicholls, 14 was last seen heading towards #Comox on August 2, 1993. She was supposed to meet friends at Comox Nautical Days Festival but never arrived. Lindsey's story is in #ColdCaseBC evelazarus.com/book/cold-ca... & episode 36 of #ColdCaseCanada #truecrime evelazarus.com/cold.../lind...