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Watching the Minutes Fade Away at the Gastown Steam Clock
Stacy
Posted On 09/08/2026 10:49:51
Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver | Van City | Gastown | Steam Clock | Historic | Timepiece
What many think dates back to the Victorian era, Vancouver's Gastown Steam Clock was actually built in 1977. A crowd gathers around the clock when it puts on a performance of both steam and whistling four times each hour on the quarter hour. The show at the top of each hour includes a whistle to mark each hour of the current time along with a puff of steam.
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We started Day 18 off with a morning train ride between Bellingham, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia. Since we visited Vancouver just a few years ago, we chose to have a more relaxing day reminiscing about some of our memories from our last trip - like the Gastown Steam Clock!
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