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Vancouver Expo Centre 1986 World’s Fair, Science World, Souvenir Metal Building
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Vancouver Expo Centre ’86 World’s Fair, Science World, Souvenir Metal Building, Copper, 3.25" high, 3.5" diameterThe 1986 World Exposition on Transportation and Communication, or simply Expo 86, was a World's Fair held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from May 2 until October 13, 1986. The fair, the theme of which was "Transportation and Communication: World in Motion – World in Touch", coincided with Vancouver's centennial and was held on the north shore of False Creek. It was the second time that Canada held a World's Fair, the first being Expo 67 in Montreal (during the Canadian Centennial). It was also the third World's Fair to be held in the Pacific Northwest in the previous 24 years as of 1986 and to date, it still stands as the last World's Fair to be held in North America.