This is an archived event from Culture Days 2022.
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Nanaimo's Postwar Transformation: The Boom Years
Digital
Self-guided Tour History & heritageDate and time
This activity runs the duration of Culture Days.
Location
Nanaimo, BC
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
About
In this tour we will walk through the pivotal years after World War II--when Nanaimo underwent an explosive economic boom that profoundly shaped the city we know today. The late 1940s and 1950s were an exciting time, marked by new industries, buildings, and communities that contributed to reshaping Nanaimo from a hardscrabble mining town to a major Vancouver Island hub of industry, shopping and culture. The era was defined by strongly held civic mindedness and active government engagement, attitudes that were formed in the trials of the Great Depression and the Second World War.
Links
- Website onthisspot.ca
- Download App apps.apple.com
Organizer
On This Spot
The On This Spot app takes people on guided walking tours through the history that surrounds them.
At each stop on their journey users will find themselves standing on the spot a historic photo was taken. They can view a then and now photo comparison, use the built in camera to create their own, and read about local history and how it ties into the broader human experience.
Based in Vancouver, On This Spot is working with heritage, tourism, and business organizations across Canada to expand the app's coverage.