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History of Metro Vancouver: Jericho Beach, 1925

Library and Archives Canada, PA-133584 1925 Jericho Beach Jericho Beach became a military air station for flying boats following the war. This photograph shows a Curtiss seaplane belonging to the Royal Canadian Air Force.

 Library and Archives Canada, PA-133584Library and Archives Canada, PA-133584

1925

Jericho Beach

Jericho Beach became a military air station for flying boats following the war. This photograph shows a Curtiss seaplane belonging to the Royal Canadian Air Force. Aircrafts from the station carried out forest and fishery patrols, fought forest fires, conducted aerial photography and generally kept an eye on the coast from the air.

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