Vancouver History WWII

In 1937, the Guiness Family began construction of the Lions Gate Bridge, which opened as a toll bridge until the city bought it in 1963. In 1939, the present-day Hotel Vancouver opened.
Prosperity only returned with the advent of WWII, which catapulted the city into the modern era, and from then on it changed rapidly. Redevelopment included housing projects as well as office buildings, and this set the basis for the modern, livable city Vancouver is today. Immigrants suffered through difficult times. During WWII, the city's Germans saw their businesses burned to the ground, and Japanese Canadians were taken away from their land, homes, businesses and put into internment camps. In recent years, the Canadian government has attempted to make amends for their WWII actions against German and Japanese Canadians.

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Vancouver History WWII
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Vancouver at the End of 20th Century
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