Jericho Beach
Former military seaplane base turned sandy waterfront park with mountain and skyline views.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Jericho Beach in Vancouver centers on October 1970, when nearly two hundred and fifty police and an army unit moved on young squatters who had taken over the old wartime barracks behind the sand. It traces how a closed downtown hostel sent hundreds of travelers here to live in the empty buildings, the eviction notice that followed, and the three-and-a-half-hour operation the Vancouver Sun called the Battle of Jericho.
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