Roy's Postcards: 1986/08/14

Postcard front:

Located in the green zone this plaza features a celebration of boats as transportation. Some of the colorful examples include tugboats, dugout canoes and Chinese junks.

© Photo by Gunter Marx/Photo Graphics

Postcard back:

EXPO 86, VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA

Leonard's comments:

I have my doubts as to whether tugboats belong in a celebration of boats as transportation. I think this whole thing was ginned up to have an excuse to display more kinds of flags at the World's Fair.

See also: expo86

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