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Things to do in the Neighbourhood - UBC Walking Tour |
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The University of British Columbia was founded in 1908 and is celebrating its centennial this year. To aid in the celebrations, the Alumni Association has put together a walking tour, or more realistically, a bicycle tour. Fifteen different locations have new signs giving a phone number. You dial the number on your cell and get about a 2 minute description of the site, recorded by singer and alumnus Jane Mortifee. You can download a map from the Alumni web site (links are at the end of the newsletter), and if you want to cheat, you can play or download the messages as well. But doing the tour in person after visiting All Nations is the healthy way to enjoy it. |
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| Outside the Student Union Building, the sign shows alumnus Pierre Berton at a typewriter in 1941 and the lower photo shows the old Thunderbird Stadium and Fieldhouse when it was located next to the Main Library in 1967. | ||
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| Main Library sign. The photos show the construction of Sedgewick Library in 1971 - 72. The second photo shows "groovy" painted wall designs of the 70's. The Sedgewick is now wrapped by and incorporated into the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. | ||
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| The Great Trek Cairn. In 1922, all 1,200 students of UBC, then at the Fairview Campus at 12th and Cambie, paraded to the Point Grey campus to demonstrate against the overcrowding at Fairview and the slowness of Point Grey construction. A 56,000 name petition was presented to the Provincial government and in 1925, the Point Grey campus opened.
The plaque on the cairn shows all the students assembled on the half-completed skeleton of the chemistry building, here in the background. |
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| The First Nations Log House. The University is situated on Musqueam First Nations land and is closely allied with Muqueam people. The Log House is the Campus Aboriginal centre including the Faculty of Aboriginal Education and an Aboriginal Library. The logs in the foreground are projecting from a well that contains offices. | ||
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| Adjacent to the well is a waterfall and its sound is amplified by the well and can be heard from a great distance. | ||
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| The interior of the building is supported by poles carved by Mungo Martin and is quite spectacular. A highly recommended tour.
The UBC Tour web site. Newsletter #133: Canada Post Celebrates UBC's 100th Anniversary |
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