Creator
Vancouver Park Board in collaboration with an unknown editor
Title
The Arrival of the First Europeans -Informational Sign
Coverage
Stanley Park, Vancouver, Canada
Description
Informational sign edited with a black sharpie pen. The original text noted that in 1792 British explorers were “stunned to find Spanish ships at Point Grey” and “were welcomed by villagers who presented gifts of fish…” Edits to this sign were made in black sharpie pen, changing the phrase “Early European explorers” to “Early European colonizers”. Also, it was noted that in addition to receiving European items such as “knives, pieces of iron, nails, buttons and sometimes guns” the Coast Silash People also “got their land stolen.”
Rights
Photographer: Paul Lorah
Publisher
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
Date
Contributor
LA
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