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Entire house moved out of Vancouver

A Vancouver heritage home that otherwise would have been torn down is instead being relocated to Vancouver Island, but getting it there is a major undertaking.

House on the move

12 years ago
Duration 2:00
A 97-year-old heritage house has begun its long move from Vancouver to Vancouver Island

A Vancouver heritage home that otherwise would have been torn down is instead being relocated to Vancouver Island, but getting it there is a major undertaking.

The house, built on the city’s West Side in 1915, had to be picked up, put on a massive trailer assembly and moved to a barge on the Fraser River.

Among the onlookers Thursday was a woman who grew up in the home, and the CBC’s Bob Nixon.