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This Day in History 1905: A salacious Vancouver romance hits the front page

Divorce was a big deal in Vancouver in 1905, especially when the notorious Dupont Street was involved



In March 1905, a salacious Vancouver romance and subsequent divorce case involving Dupont Street, the city's red light district, made the front page of the Vancouver World. The case involved a deserted wife who followed her husband from Manitoba to Vancouver, only to be "ordered out of the house".

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