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Name/Handle :   Way Allen 
Country or city :   Canada, BC 
Email (optional) : 
Comments, memories and Questions :   I was a little kid, but it was awesome! Everyone was jealouse I got to go and they dont even know what they were missing!! Ernie was soooo hi-tech! 

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Name/Handle :   Larry G Yasayko 
Country or city :   North Vancouver 
Email (optional) :   lyasayko@shaw.ca 
Comments, memories and Questions :   Thank you Vancouver for hosting Expo 86, this event really had an impact on myself and family! 

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Name/Handle :   Li 
Country or city :   Richmond/BC 
Email (optional) : 
Comments, memories and Questions :   Hey, I was 7 during Expo86. Wow, was that the best year of my life thus far. I wish I was more aware back then of my surroundings, to fully appreciate how great the venue was! Thanx for bringing back some really beautiful memories of such a beautiful even 

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Name/Handle :   Lyle Lexier 
Country or city :   Vancouver, Canada 
Email (optional) :   llexier@yahoo.com 
Comments, memories and Questions :   What was the name to the song at the Quebec Pavilion? I really enjoyed that space age song. Lyle 

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Name/Handle :   Corky 
Country or city :   Gresham, OR 
Email (optional) :   radiowaves1992@comcast.net 
Comments, memories and Questions :   This was the most hart warming experience I ever had in all my travles. I would love to see all the beautiful people who enriched my life so much. Expo 86 was the best! 

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Name/Handle :   L. Greg Johnson 
Country or city :   LA, CA, USA 
Email (optional) :   greg.johnson@securitasinc.com 
Comments, memories and Questions :   I went to this Worlds Fair, only one I ever attended. 

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Name/Handle :   George Rout 
Country or city :   St. Catharines, ON 
Email (optional) :   rout_geo@yahoo.ca 
Comments, memories and Questions :   I was the Purchasing Officer for the Ontario Pavilion and I still consider the project was when my career peaked!!!! Met dozens of super nice folks on the pavilion team, and many wonderful visitors. 

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Name/Handle :   david 
Country or city :   north van 
Email (optional) : 
Comments, memories and Questions :   thank you very much I was only nine at 86 get some pictures of the skateboarding contest at skatelegends.com 

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Name/Handle :   Zerelda 
Country or city :   Pensacola, FL USA 
Email (optional) : 
Comments, memories and Questions :   We spent three days at the Expo in 1986 and enjoyed every day. It was a vacation well never forget. 

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Name/Handle :   Aaron 
Country or city :   Kansas City 
Email (optional) : 
Comments, memories and Questions :   Thanks for bringing it all back. I was 13 when I went with my family. An amazing thing at 13 or 30. I do remember a cool 3D movie and the France pavillion clearly. THANKS! 

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Name/Handle :   John McGregor 
Country or city :   Brisbane, Australia 
Email (optional) :   JohnMcGregorAUS@aol.com 
Comments, memories and Questions :   Ive really enjoyed this mammoth work! Its an inspiration for other Expo-based web-sites and for those who never got the chance to visit Expo 86...Long live the Expo Dream! 

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Name/Handle :   Budderfly 
Country or city :   Richmond, BC 
Email (optional) :   budderfly23@hotmail.com 
Comments, memories and Questions :   I was 8 years old when Expo 86 was here. I wish I was older so I could appreciate it more, as it truly was amazing. I definately carry wonderful memories of going there with my family. I still look at the pictures in my album every now and then and Im gra 

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Name/Handle :   Xfiler 
Country or city :   Port Coquitlam 
Email (optional) : 
Comments, memories and Questions :   I worked at Expo 86 and was the best job i have ever had. 

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Name/Handle :   Jared 
Country or city :   Vancouver 
Email (optional) : 
Comments, memories and Questions :   I was a volunteer at age 16 and it was an awesome experience. Wish I could find a video of expo 86. 

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Name/Handle :   annet 
Country or city :   veendam,holland 
Email (optional) :   a-k-velt@planet.nl 
Comments, memories and Questions :   thank you soo much for the site! it is beautiful to see it all again; expo 86 was great!! and a great time spending in Vancouver and BC. I love Canada! 

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Name/Handle :   Peter 
Country or city :   Switzerland 
Email (optional) :   nosypete@hotmail.com 
Comments, memories and Questions :   I have fond memories of EXPO 86 !We were on strike that year and I was lucky enough to purchase a seasons pass. 

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Name/Handle :   Way Allen 
Country or city :   Canada, BC 
Email (optional) : 
Comments, memories and Questions :   I was a little kid, but it was awesome! Everyone was jealouse I got to go and they dont even know what they were missing!! Ernie was soooo hi-tech! 

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Name/Handle :   Larry G Yasayko 
Country or city :   North Vancouver 
Email (optional) :   lyasayko@shaw.ca 
Comments, memories and Questions :   Thank you Vancouver for hosting Expo 86, this event really had an impact on myself and family! 

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Name/Handle :   sfroms 
Country or city :   Nanaimo 
Email (optional) :   sfroms@shaw.ca 
Comments, memories and Questions :   Loved Expo and thanks for the memories. I still have my passport. 

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Name/Handle :   Mary 
Country or city :   Van.,Canada 
Email (optional) : 
Comments, memories and Questions :   Wow, what a retrospective site! Thanks for taking the time to make this Scruffy. I worked at Expo when I was fifteen, and it has a place in my heart forever! 

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Name/Handle :   Victoria 
Country or city :   Calgary 
Email (optional) :   pink_dancin_diva17@hotmail.com 
Comments, memories and Questions :   I was born expo weekend. April 29 86. my mother watched the fireworks from her room! :D 

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Name/Handle :   Linda McDougall 
Country or city :   Mexico 
Email (optional) :   lmcdougall@prodigy.net.mx 
Comments, memories and Questions :   It was all wonderful - even a few Zapotec weavers from here in Oaxaca were there. Does anyone remember that wonderful book Island in Space published for the occasion? Id love to have it again. Linda 

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Name/Handle :   Stetphen Bauer 
Country or city :   Portland OR USA 
Email (optional) :   steveb@e-z.net 
Comments, memories and Questions :   Expo 86 was a superb introduction to Canada, and to the world. It was supremely enjoyable, and this website captures all of it in its finest glory. Thanks so much!!! 

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Name/Handle :   Daillyn 
Country or city :   Chilliwack 
Email (optional) :   shani29@yahoo.com 
Comments, memories and Questions :   Best memory of Expo86 was spending every weekend there, with my boyfriend.He got his passport stamped @ every pavillion! 

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Name/Handle :   Ryan Wood 
Country or city :   Canada 
Email (optional) :   rwood66@hotmail.com 
Comments, memories and Questions :   It was my first memory of a major city. I was seven years old at the time of the event. I now make my home in Vancouver and love the city. 

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Name/Handle :   lbearlow 
Country or city :   usa 
Email (optional) : 
Comments, memories and Questions :   I was 6 when my family attended Expo 86. Interested in more info on the movie seen there with the girl touring in the red UFO. I remember it and the 3D imax with some sketchiness. 

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Name/Handle :   Peter B 
Country or city :   Windsor, ON 
Email (optional) : 
Comments, memories and Questions :   I worked in security at FA2 during the fair. What incredible memories I have. The best job I ever had. If I ever had to live my life again I would keep reliving the experience. I am still in awe. The staff at the fair were truly Expo ambassadors. I would 

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Name/Handle :   Postie189 
Country or city :   Vancouver 
Email (optional) :   postie189@hotmail.com 
Comments, memories and Questions :   Expo 86 was one the coolest places to be. I was lucky to have experienced it by working there at McDonalds @ Ontario Place. Lots of fun and lots of great memories.


          Name/Handle :   Allan Taylor 
          Country or city :   Surrey BC 
          Email (optional) :   panthers2@shaw.ca 
          Comments, memories and Questions :   I had the full passes and took many
          photos. Have created my own book of images on cd with approximately 1000 images
          as well as pins, passpost stamps, zone by zone, events national days from well over
          30 visits (128 11x17 hires pages)    To see a sample of the Expo86 PDF file
          go to this page http://members.shaw.ca/panthers1/Expo86.html 
 

          Name/Handle :   Adrian Horst 
          Country or city :   Switzerland 
          Email (optional) : 
          Comments, memories and Questions :   I was living in Vancouver from 1985 til
          1989. Expo 86 was fantastic, work and plesure wise! 
 

          Name/Handle :   ALLAN AVENDANO 
          Country or city :   VANCOUVER B.C 
          Email (optional) :   KOBEKAI@SHAW.CA 
          Comments, memories and Questions :   oK..this is the best site to view such a
          grand memory for EXPO 86.Brings back lasting memories I can treasure for a long
          time.Who can ever think this ever happened to our Great city and look what
          happened! It expanded our city triple folds and made it the 
 

          Name/Handle :   Don 
          Country or city :   Vancouver 
          Email (optional) :   donmcm@telus.net 
          Comments, memories and Questions :   Great Website! It was and likely will be
          the best summer of my life. All for only for the entire run. Thanks for re-visit to the best
          thing that ever happened to Vancouver (thus far) 
 

          Name/Handle :   Tracey 
          Country or city :   North Vancouver 
          Email (optional) : 
          Comments, memories and Questions :   I worked at expo on the ferries that
          shuttled people from one end of the site to the other. Had a wonderful summer there
          and made many friends. 
 

          Name/Handle :   Ken Larson 
          Country or city :   USA 
          Email (optional) :   klarson1570@1570.net 
          Comments, memories and Questions :   The most wonderful experience of my
          life!!!!! I miss the city and everyone there. 
 

          Name/Handle :  Siaussac
          Country or city :   france - lyon 
          Email (optional) :   d.siaussac@free.fr 
          Comments, memories and Questions :   thank for the site - bring me back to a the
          wonderful time were i was working at the european community pavillon dom 
 

          Name/Handle :   Mike Garrett 
          Country or city :   St Catharines 
          Email (optional) : 
          Comments, memories and Questions :   Was at Expo when i was ten years old
          and it was a fantastic experience ill never forget. If canada ever hosts another
          exposition its a mandatory visit. 
 

          Name/Handle :   Shelley 
          Country or city :   Abbotsford BC 
          Email (optional) :   shelleypedlar550@msn.com 
          Comments, memories and Questions :   I was 19 & it was an amazing experience.
          The last nite fireworks are the biggest Ive ever seen...still!! 
 

          Name/Handle :   California 
          Country or city :   USA 
          Email (optional) : 
          Comments, memories and Questions :   I remember turning 16 right before
          making it to the fair. There was a group of us high schoolers that made the trip up to
          BC. We all just wandered in the huge playground that he fair was and smoked great
          BC pot on the long gondola that scaled the grounds. 
 

          Name/Handle :   Alanne Schellenberg 
          Country or city :   Nanaimo, BC 
          Email (optional) :   schellenbergs@shocotech.com 
          Comments, memories and Questions :   I have fond memories of Expo 86 from the
          amazing Highway to the song Somethings Happening here. To giving my heart to
          Christ at the Pavilion of Promise. Best decision Ive ever made. 
 

          Name/Handle :   Jessica B. 
          Country or city :   Highland, Utah 
          Email (optional) :   jkmb@yahoo.com 
          Comments, memories and Questions :   I remember that I kissed a boy who was a
          lot older than me and then getting mono soon afterwards. 
 

          Name/Handle :   Lynetty 
          Country or city :   Victoria, Canada 
          Email (optional) :   lynetty_krenzler@hotmail.com 
          Comments, memories and Questions :   I loved expo, I was only 6 but my parents
          took me every weekend it was great. My fondest memory was going to see the Color
          Wars movie that was there. If anyone know where I can get that movie please let me
          know. It was the bomb. 
 

          Name/Handle :   Björgvin Örlygsson 
          Country or city :   Iceland 
          Email (optional) :   björki@isnet.is 
          Comments, memories and Questions :   Gott hjá þér að búa til svona síðu! Expo
          86 var alveg frábært!!!Þakka þér fyrir kærlega! 
 

          Name/Handle :   happyboy 
          Country or city :   canada 
          Email (optional) :   mcleank@telus.net 
          Comments, memories and Questions :   just walking throughout the fair and
          visiting the canadian pacific pavilion was the my highlite. I was 22 then now I am 42,
          just seems like yesterday so vivid the expo site. 
 

          Name/Handle :   Lisa 
          Country or city :   United States (Dana Point, California) 
          Email (optional) : 
          Comments, memories and Questions :   I had the best time!! Thanks for the
          memories. I performed there with my Highschool Jazz choir when I was a Junior. 
 

          Name/Handle :   Dan W 
          Country or city :   Whistler 
          Email (optional) :   watt.dan@lycos.com 
          Comments, memories and Questions :   incredible website, thanks for all the hard
          work, its very much appreciated, what a fair it was 
 

          Name/Handle :   Brian 
          Country or city :   Canada 
          Email (optional) :   briantaylor@dccnet 
          Comments, memories and Questions :   You have a incredible site, I worked at
          McBarge (thats me washing the walkway from the Zodiak (TIDY TUG)in the photo
          during EXPO 86 and have the most incredible memories... thanks for reminding me
          how lucky I was to have been there. 
 

          Name/Handle :   ST 
          Country or city :   Edmonton 
          Email (optional) : 
          Comments, memories and Questions :   Great site! My lifelong memory is getting
          a kiss on the cheek from Liberace after my mom made me ask him for his autograph.
          (I was 8 years old.) 
 

          Name/Handle :   Roybean 
          Country or city :   Yukon 
          Email (optional) : 
          Comments, memories and Questions :   Im a 49 yr. old Tlingit from the Yukon. I
          was a 30 yr. old cook in a chick and ribs tent and had the rare chance to see Expo. It
          was the only, and the best extravaganza Id ever seen. You went straight for the heart of
          myself, and I amagine, thousands of others.   Thanks for the memories!
 

          Name/Handle :   Kelly 
          Country or city :   Vic, Canada 
          Email (optional) : 
          Comments, memories and Questions :   Im 16, wish I could have gone to the Expo
          86, sounds sweet! 
 

         Name/Handle :   Kathrin 
         Country or city :   Germany 
         Email (optional) : 
         Comments, memories and Questions :   Thank you for the very very funny
         informations and pictures from Vancouver, my beloved city. I have to come back in the
         next year, 2005! 
 

         Name/Handle :   Terry 
         Country or city :   Van. Can. 
         Email (optional) : 
         Comments, memories and Questions :   The time of my life! Expo was my first job.
         I was a groundskeeper, 15 and worked in the red zone. I think about that fair alot. 
 

         Name/Handle :   dave 
         Country or city :   vancouver 
         Email (optional) : 
         Comments, memories and Questions :   thank you for bringing back these great
         moments! 
 

         Name/Handle :   Jess 
         Country or city :   Ontario Canada 
         Email (optional) :   magickgirl2012@sympatico.ca 
         Comments, memories and Questions :   I am looking for information on the Time
         Capsule from Expo 86 in Vancouver. i put some stuff into it, and vowed to be there for
         the opening, except i was just a kid then and I forgot when its supposed to be opened
         (hope i didntmiss it!!) Can anyone tell m 
 

         Name/Handle :   Lars Bjerke 
         Country or city :   USA 
         Email (optional) :   larsusn@hotmail.com 
         Comments, memories and Questions :   I went to the expo during my kindergarden
         year in school. I went to Lowell Elementry in BELLINGHAM, WA.