Vancouver, BC

Vancouver is the largest city in the province of British Columbia, Canada, and the third largest in the country. It is located at the mouth of the Fraser River on the Strait of Georgia, which separates the British Columbia mainland from Vancouver Island and is Canada's principal west coast port.

Teams that have played here

• Vancouver Horse Doctors, Northwestern League (1905, 1907)
• Vancouver Beavers, Northwestern League (1908-1911, 1914-1917)
• Vancouver Champions, Northwestern League (1912)
• Vancouver Bees, Northwestern League (1913)
• Vancouver Beavers, Pacific Coast International League (1918, 1920-1921)
• Vancouver Beavers, Northwest International League (1919)
• Vancouver Beavers, Western International League (1922)
• Vancouver Maple Leafs, Western International League (1937-1938)
• Vancouver Capilanos, Western International League (1939-1942, 1946-1954)
• Vancouver Mounties, Pacific Coast League (1956-1962, 1965-1969)
• Vancouver Canadians, Pacific Coast League (1978-1999)
• Vancouver Canadians, Northwest League (2000-2019, 2022- )
• Vancouver Canadians, High-A West (2021) nominally only

Persons who were born here

• Bob Alexander, pitcher
• Leon Boyd, minor league pitcher
• Helen Callaghan, AAGPBL outfielder
• Marge Callaghan, AAGPBL infielder
• Tim Dell, minor league pitcher
• Jeff Francis, pitcher
• Brad Frick, college coach
• Emerson Frostad, minor league catcher/infielder
• Tyson Gillies, minor league outfielder
• Aaron Guiel, outfielder
• John Haar, minor league outfielder
• Dan Holden, minor league outfielder
• Trystan Magnuson, pitcher
• Scott Mathieson, pitcher
• Cody McKay, catcher
• Dave McKay, infielder
• David Narodowski, minor league infielder
• Kevin Nicholson, infielder
• Mike Nickeas, catcher
• Maury Ornest, minor league outfielder
• Scott Richmond, pitcher
• R.J. Swindle, pitcher
• Jimmy Van Ostrand, minor league catcher
• Roy Yamamura, amateur player

Persons who died here

• Robert Brown, minor league outfielder and owner
• Marge Callaghan, AAGPBL infielder
• Ken Heffel, minor league catcher
• Betty Wicken, AAGPBL outfielder

Educational institutions located here

• Eric Hamber Secondary School
• King Edward High School
• Lord Byng Secondary School
• Simon Fraser University
• Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School
• University of British Columbia

Further Reading

• Dave Bidini: "Sorry, Montreal, but Vancouver needs a Major League Baseball team more", The Globe and Mail, March 27, 2019. [1]