The Fascinating Story of Old Vancouver:
From a Single Saloon to a Glass Metropolis
/ 2026 / … #CanadianHistory#HistoryDocumentary#Documentary Vancouver is now known as a glass metropolis — a city of towers, money, ocean views, real estate, and global ambition. But its story began in a very different way: with a single saloon on the edge of the forest. Before the skyline, before the skyscrapers, before the luxury condos and billion-dollar land, there was Gastown — muddy streets, wooden buildings, sawmills, fires, railway dreams, and a rough frontier world built around trade, timber, and survival. This documentary tells the fascinating story of Old Vancouver: from Gassy Jack’s saloon and the birth of Gastown to the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Great Fire of 1886, the city’s rapid rebuilding, and its transformation into one of Canada’s most powerful urban centres. How did a small settlement on the Pacific coast become one of the most expensive and recognizable cities in the world? A story of ambition, destruction, reinvention, wealth, and the making of modern Vancouver. #Vancouver#OldVancouver#CanadaHistory#BritishColumbia#Gastown#HistoryDocumentary#CanadianHistory#UrbanHistory#Documentary