Trutch Street

• Squamish Nation requests Mount Garibaldi name change to honour Indigenous roots

  Mount Garibaldi was named in 1860 by Capt. Richards, RN, and his officers, after Giuseppe Garibaldi who in that same year had been successful in unifying Italy.

  Perspectives

  Oct 2, 2023
  
• Vancouver’s former Trutch Street now Musqueamview and šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm in hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓

  Trutch Street runs between 18th and 1st Avenues on the city’s west side in the unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam people.

  Politics

  Oct 1, 2022
  
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• Musqueam Nation: Trutch Street’s new name to be unveiled on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

  At least nine street signs on Trutch Street between Broadway and West 15th Avenue were recently vandalized to say ‘Truth’ Street.

  Canada

  Aug 7, 2022
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• Vancouver mayor looks to change street named after colonial B.C. politician Sir Joseph Trutch

  In a statement to Global News, Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart said he is looking to change the name of Trutch Street.

  News

  Jun 3, 2021
• Vancouver to debate policy allowing residents to rename streets, buildings

  "I mean it's certainly not a daily or weekly or even monthly occurrence, but when it does happen it tends not to be trivial," said Andrea Reimer.

  Jul 22, 2018
• ‘The Trump of his time’: Movement to change Victoria street named after colonial B.C. politician

  He once described the Indigenous people of the Oregon Territory as "the ugliest and laziest creatures I ever saw."

  Jan 17, 2018