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The Spirited Traveller: Raise a glass in Vancouver's Gastown
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[Reuters] - Indeed, historic Gastown is named after "Gassy" Jack Deighton, a Yorkshire seaman and barkeep who arrived in to open the area's first saloon. As late as the 1930s, Gastown also was the centre of the city's drinking life.
Gassy Jack Statue Toppled in Gastown - The Griffins' Nestwww.ehnewspaper.ca › articles › gassy-jack-statue-toppled-in-gastown
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May 6, · John Jack Deighton, the man who the statue is made after, was a Canadian bar owner originally from England who opened the first saloon in ...
Statue of Vancouver's Gastown founder torn down during women's ...www.timescolonist.com › bc-news › statue-of-vancouvers-gastown-founde...
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Feb 14, · The statue is a monument to "Gassy" Jack Deighton, a Vancouver saloon owner in the 1860s, whom Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood is named ...
Petition calls for removal of Gassy Jack - PressReader.comwww.pressreader.com › canada › the-province
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Jun 19, · Until now, the primary complaint about the statue of Gastown founder Gassy Jack Deighton was that it's kind of ugly.
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