Vancouver Squatting #4: Looking west, along the tracks, towards the second narrows bridging, a Crabtown shack that is more a house, in the lower right. Oral history shares that many of the residents were of north-European origin and wanted for nothing. Many homes had a second story, warm throughout the winter months, with copper boilers, even goats and hens. For amusement many would walk to north Vancouver across the bridge or take a boat. Some would scavenge cargo that had fallen overboard from one of the many freighters, including cases of grapefruits, in one case. (Burnaby Archives)
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