Clipping - Dress rehearsal of the Seaforth Royal Guard at Pier B, CPR Station before the arrival of King George VI on 29 May 1939. This article is from The Daily Province, Vancouver British Columbia, Monday May 22 1939. Caption: "To Welcome their majesties - In rehearsal outside Pier B-C Sunday morning, was the full guard of honor of the Seaforth highlanders, resplendent in their scarlet tunics and swinging kilts". The 1939 royal tour of Canada was a cross-Canada royal tour by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, lasting from May 17 to June 15, 1939, including a visit to the United States on June 7–10. It was the first visit of a reigning monarch to Canada, and also the first time a British monarch had set foot in the United States. The royal couple visited every Canadian province as well as the Dominion of Newfoundland. The tour was an enormous event, attracting huge crowds at each new city. The King and Queen stopped in Vancouver, Victoria, and a number of other smaller communities in British Columbia. Mackenzie King was enthused, stating in his diary on May 29, 1939: "The day in Vancouver was one of the finest on the entire tour ..."