Shelter in the ‘Jungle’ at the City dump, 1931. City of Vancouver Archives, Re N3.2
The Great Depression brought a great deal of homelessness to Vancouver especially for young single males. As the crisis intensified over the 1930s, shacks and shanties were built in ‘The Jungle’ [with every North American having a ‘The Jungle’ shanty area in those years] along the north side of what was Skwácháy̓s — areas that remained the lowest, the most poorly filled (often with garbage), and still vulnerable to flooding with exceptional tides.