Əmə́mələɬp / Old Hastings Mill”

Hastings Mill was a sawmill on the south shore of Burrard Inlet and was the first commercial operation around which the settlement that would become Vancouver developed in British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 1865 by Edward Stamp, the sawmill operated until its closure in 1928. After Hastings Mill closed, the building that housed the Hastings Mill store was transported by barge to the foot of Alma Street in 1930. The building was officially reopened in 1931, and was dedicated as the Museum of B.C. Historical Relics in Memory of the Pioneers, or the Old Hastings Mill Store Museum in 1932.[3]

Operated by the Native Daughters of British Columbia, the museum houses artifacts and curiosities from Vancouver’s past, and First Nations art.

Photo Credit: Public Domain Image Courtesy of Vancouver Public Library