EVENTS

Running from January 17 through March 30, 2025, Haro Park Centre is hosting "A LENS ON VANCOUVER'S PAST - Walter Frost's Arctic Explorers 2.0". This second exhibition also features many of the same select photos by Walter E. Frost (1898-1988) of 12 ships, large and small, illustrating Vancouver’s pivotal role in the establishment of Canada's presence and sovereignty in the Arctic.

The Grand Opening was conducted on on Friday, January 17th from 11 am-12 noon in Haro Park Centre multi-faith worship space and included a ribbon cutting followed by sips & snacks enjoyed while mingling and viewing by over 25 residents and staff.

Special thanks to the following sponsors for their financial support and work in kind which made this exhibition possible:

Odlum Brown and Cameron McLeod
Bunt & Associates namely Yulia Liem and Heidi Weihs
The van Weelderen family
Kent Southwell of Kent Picture Framing, and
Yvon Lantaigne of Studio Madillo Creative Services for the excellent work on creating the maps and enhancing the archival photos

Finally, I would like to thank my wife Amy and my son Jasper for their continuous support throughout this endeavour from start to finish.

Last revised - January 20, 2025

The van Weelderen family

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