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| Keywords: "The "Nine O' clock Gun," by Which Vancouver's Time is Set, Vancouver, B. C." Post Card. Empire Series. Pacific Publishing Co., Vancouver, B.C. Nine O'Clock Gun, installed by the Department of Fisheries in 1898 at Brockton Point, Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC. It was first fired here on October 5, 1898. It marked the start-stop of the abundant local Coal Harbour fishery who tended to wastefully over-catch beyond the daily capacities of the local canneries and markets. Used until the fishing fleets began working the ocean. Since used as a time piece. "The "Nine O' clock Gun," by Which Vancouver's Time is Set, Vancouver, B. C." Post Card. Empire Series. Pacific Publishing Co., Vancouver, B.C. Nine O'Clock Gun, installed by the Department of Fisheries in 1898 at Brockton Point, Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC. It was first fired here on October 5, 1898. It marked the start-stop of the abundant local Coal Harbour fishery who tended to wastefully over-catch beyond the daily capacities of the local canneries and markets. Used until the fishing fleets began working the ocean. Since used as a time piece. | ||||
