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Usually at fairgrounds, you will see a water pistol game or perhaps the opportunity to test your aim in a BB gun range, but a recent discovery in Vancouver, British Columbia, takes arms to an entirely new level.
As reported by the CBC, World War I guns and mid-late 1800s cannons were discovered earlier this month at the city’s Pacific National Exhibition. The unearthing came during the construction of a new amphitheatre on the grounds.
The latest find includes four German machine guns and two “nine-pounder” cannons from the 1870s. These discoveries, made on April 23, 2025, follow a previous unearthing of a German Howitzer from the Great War period in March 2025.
“What we’ve been able to determine is that two of these machine-guns were allocated to South Vancouver as war trophies,” James Calhoun of the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada said in a CBC interview.
The remaining items, however, did not have their history traced at the time of CBC’s report.
The findings, specifically in Hastings Park, could be attributed to the site’s history. As CBC reporter Jon Azprizi stated, PNE asserted that the military used the area in World War I, including for training troops, military parades, and deployment.
Jon Waldman is a Winnipeg-based writer. He has written for Beckett, Go GTS, Canadian Sports Collector, and several other hobby outlets over his two decades in the hobby. His experience also includes two books on sports cards and memorabilia. Connect with Jon on Twitter at @jonwaldman.
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