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The first BC marriage license, a Spiny-eared Assfish specimen and other artifacts now online

The Royal BC Museum just launched an online gallery called 100 Objects of Interest from their collection that you should definitely have a look at ( HERE ). We've put together our top 5 Vancouver-related pieces from it...
Bob Kronbauer
Bob Kronbauer
The Royal BC Museum just launched an online gallery called 100 Objects of Interest from their collection that you should definitely have a look at (HERE). We've put together our top 5 Vancouver-related pieces from it... well, except for the Spiny-eared Assfish. That one doesn't really relate to Vancouver and its awesomeness (though it could be connected to some people in local politics), we just thought the name was kinda funny.

5 of 100 "Objects of Interest"

By Vancouver Is Awesome

Our top picks from the Royal BC Museum's new online exhibit

  • First Marriage License

    By Vancouver Is Awesome

    On August 14, 1871, the newly minted province of British Columbia issued its first marriage licence since entering Confederation on July 20 of that year. 

  • John Lennon's Rolls Royce

    By Vancouver Is Awesome

    Displayed at EXPO 86, this Rolls Royce Phantom V Touring Limousine, delivered in 1965 to John Lennon, has been identified as the car that took the Beatles to Buckingham Palace to receive their MBEs.

  • Giant Sturgeon Photograph

    By Vancouver Is Awesome

    This enormous sturgeon was probably well over 100 years old when it was caught in the Fraser River in 1897, and would have weighed as much as 1,000 lbs. 

  • The Spiny-eared Assfish

    By Vancouver Is Awesome

    This Spiny-eared Assfish, Acanthonus armatus, is the first of its kind in BC waters, and the first record along the Pacific coast of North America. The species was described in 1878.

  • Portrait of George Vancouver

    By Vancouver Is Awesome

    This portrait is an enigma. The image has come to represent the recognizable face of Captain George Vancouver, yet it is unclear who painted it, or if it really is the famous explorer.