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[The Age] - Vancouver's unofficial founder, John 'Gassy Jack' Deighton. Photo: Getty Images "Vancouver was a colourful city that way, for sure," he adds, and he has a point. Growing from a rough-and-tumble logging settlement on the sprawling nation's remote
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.
Who was 'Gassy Jack' and why was his statue toppled in Vancouver?nationalpost.com › news › canada › who-was-gassy-jack-and-why-was-his-...
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Feb 15, · In the case of 'Gassy' Jack Deighton, who was given the nickname for telling tall tales with seemingly no end, the discourse over his legacy, ...
Demonstrators pull down Gassy Jack statue in Vancouver - BC Newswww.castanet.net › news › Demonstrators-pull-down-Gassy-Jack-statue-in-...
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Feb 14, · According to a short film entitled "Red Women Rising" by the Battered Women's Support Services, Jack Deighton, known as "Gassy Jack," ...
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