Kitsilano History

The History of Kitsilano, Vancouver

by Maggie Chandler February 5, 2010 Kitsilano

History:  Named after a chief of the Squamish Nation Khahtsahlanough. Kitsilano has the distinction of being the second most recognized neighbourhood in Canada. 

One of the area’s first non-native settlers, Sam Greer, lived on Kits Beach, currently voted the world’s third sexiest beach!  In 1882 Sam, an Irishman, who had been an unsuccessful gold prospector in …

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