Marpole is one of the city's oldest communities, and the one visitors see first when entering from the south. Stretching from Angus Drive to Ontario Street, and from 57th Avenue to the North Arm of the Fraser River, the region's traffic passes through this neighbourhood, just as it did years ago.

Did You Know?

The first permanent White Spot Restaurant - called the White Spot Barbeque - opened at 67th and Granville during the summer of 1928. Before it opened, owner Nat Bailey sold snack food to motorists off the back of his truck.

Opened December 1, 1949, the Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre is the city's oldest community centre.

In 1912, during optimistic and prosperous times, the Grand Central Hotel was built on the northeast corner of Hudson and Marine. The owners went bankrupt and in 1917 the hotel was refurbished and reopened as the Provincial Home for Incurables. The home, which catered primarily to elderly tuberculosis patients, was torn down in the 60s. The only remaining building, the staff house, is used as a community corrections facility.

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