What the records say
- When
- 7 Aug 1971
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 49.28° N, 123.10° W
- Description
- 1971 clash between police and protesters in Vancouver, Canada
Gastown riots
1971 riot in Vancouver, Canada
The Gastown riot, known also in the plural as Gastown riots, also known as "the Battle of Maple Tree Square", occurred in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on August 7, 1971. Following weeks of arrests by undercover drug squad members in Vancouver as part of a special police operation directed by City hall, police broke up a protest smoke-in in the Gastown neighbourhood.
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