Explore150: Go Canada!
What place in Canada most defines you as a Canadian? Vote while you’re here, then follow us @Explore150 to join the discussion and show us on Instagram #Explore150!
Through this participatory process, you will identify and vote for your favourite natural, historic, and cultural sites across each province and territory, ultimately choosing the Canadian places and milestones we highlight in our Explore150 mobile app – to be launched November 1st! Stay tuned for updates on the project.
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Kingston General Hospital
A complex of limestone buildings, built between 1833 and 1924, set in a campus of more recent hospital buildings; the oldest public hospital in Canada still in operation, with facilities illustrative of health care in Canada in the 19th and 20th centuries
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Kingston Navy Yard
The site of a Royal Navy Dockyard from 1788 to 1853
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Murney Tower
A martello tower located on Murray Point on the west shore of Kingston Harbour; also a component of the Kingston Fortifications National Historic Site of Canada
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Brock House (Thorley Park)
This Tudor Revival house was originally a private residence and at one time a Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment. This is now a seniors activity centre, Brock House Society, and a restaurant open to the public. Brock House Restaurant stages over 200 weddings per year.
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Bay Theatre (Starlight Theatre)
This Art Moderne style theater included a sign tower. The present owners, Amadon Group, requested a variance from the city by-laws in order to make the building viable and preserve the heritage building.
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Pantages Theatre
The Pantages Theatre in Vancouver, BC's Downtown Eastside neighbourhood, was built by Alexander Pantages in 1907 and was considered the oldest remaining vaudeville theatre in Canada. It was demolished in 2011.
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Provincial Courthouse
This Neo-classic building was originally designed by Francis Rattenbury, who also designed the Empress Hotel & the Parliament Building in Victoria.
In 1912 the West wing was added and designed by Thomas Hooper.
In 1983 the building was renovated & restored by architect, Arthur Erickson and is the current home of the Vancouver Art Gallery.0 votes -
Gabriola (Angus Apartments)
Gabriola, was built for B.T. Rogers, founder of B.C. Sugar Refining Co. This Queen Anne grand mansion, is located in the Vancouver West End. The building became the Angus Apartments in 1925. It became a restaurant, but it is currently vacant.
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Holy Rosary Cathedral
The cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver. Among other notable events, it was the setting for the civic funeral of popular English Bay lifeguard Joe Fortes. The style is French Gothic, and very different from the castellated Anglican, United Church and Baptist churches on Burrard.
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Aberthau House (Rear House)
This Tudor Revival was built for James S. Rear, General Manager, of American Life Insurance.
Later bought by Col. Victor Spencer who called it Aberthau (Welsh for: place filled with light).
Presently, it is a cultural and recreational center run by the Vancouver Park Board.0 votes -
St. Andrew's Wesley Church
This a Gothic Revival style church. The church was constructed after the union of the Methodist & Presbyterian churches, to form the United Church of Canada.
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Tulk House Rosemary (Order of the Convent of Our Lady of the Cenacle)
This Tudor Revival manor was built for whiskey baron & lawyer, Edward Tulk, who name the house after his daughter, Rosemary.
It was also home to the Lieutenant Governor of B.C., John William Fordham Johnson. From 1947, the house was owned by the Order of the convent of Our Lady of the Cenacle until 1996, where it was used as a retreat.0 votes -
St. James Anglican Church
An art deco variant on Byzantine church design.
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Christ Church Cathedral
Style is English Romanesque
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Alexandra Park Haywood Bandstand
The Alexandra Park Bandstand is situated in a triangular-shaped park bordered by Beach Avenue, Burnaby Street and Bidwell Street in Vancouver's West End, overlooking English Bay.
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St. Paul's Anglican Episcopal Church
This Gothic Revival church is built in Vancouver's West End.
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Coroner's Court
This building was originally the facility for the city coroner and was later used by the city analyst. It was turned into a museum for the Vancouver Police Department as a project marking the city's centennial in 1986.
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Evangelistic Tabernacle
Please see Mount Pleasent Presbyterian Church
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St. Mary's (Kerrisdale) Church & Hall
The church and the parish hall are both designated as heritage buildings.
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St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
A noted example of Gothic Revival architecture in Canada; the design reflects the strong links between Ireland and Newfoundland, as well as the influence of Victorian design on colonial churches
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