Becoming Vance, 'Canada's Sherlock Holmes' - 1930’s Vancouver, a time of unemployment, widespread poverty, and rampant crime. While many wondered how to provide for their families, one man quietly worked behind the doors of 240 East Cordova Street, hoping to make a difference in the lives of his fellow Vancouverites.

Becoming Vance, 'Canada's Sherlock Holmes' - 1930’s Vancouver, a time of unemployment, widespread poverty, and rampant crime. While many wondered how to provide for their families, one man quietly worked behind the doors of 240 East Cordova Street, hoping to make a difference in the lives of his fellow Vancouverites.

Becoming Vance, 'Canada's Sherlock Holmes' - 1930’s Vancouver, a time of unemployment, widespread poverty, and rampant crime. While many wondered how to provide for their families, one man quietly worked behind the doors of 240 East Cordova Street, hoping to make a difference in the lives of his fellow Vancouverites.

Tying in with our newest exhibition, 'Becoming Vance' Eve Lazarus will be discussing her book 'Blood Sweat and Fear', and all things John Vance. Inspector John F.C.B. Vance was known as Canada’s Sherlock Holmes to the international media due to his many successful years working with the Vancouver Police Department.

Becoming Vance, 'Canada's Sherlock Holmes' - 1930’s Vancouver, a time of unemployment, widespread poverty, and rampant crime. While many wondered how to provide for their families, one man quietly worked behind the doors of 240 East Cordova Street, hoping to make a difference in the lives of his fellow Vancouverites.