Person
Keefer
- Events
- 1
- Episodes
- 3
- Years
- 1886
Every event in Historedia whose sources name Keefer, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.
Events and episodes
Event of 1886: The Great Vancouver Fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
1886Role: Claimed responsibility for setting the fire
- Claim of Responsibility
Keefer of Cobble Hill, British Columbia, claimed he was responsible for setting the Great Vancouver Fire.
- The Great Vancouver Fire
The Great Vancouver Fire destroyed most of the newly incorporated city of Vancouver, British Columbia, on June 13, 1886.
- Contemporary Newspaper Reporting
Newspapers in Quebec, Connecticut, Michigan, and Ontario reported the fire in mid-June 1886 with varying details.
- Claim of Responsibility
Sources
- Great Vancouver Fire Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-01