West Vancouver Historical Society – Connecting You to Our History

The WVHS Annual General Meeting (AGM) is our next event and will take place May 19. This event will be virtual and feature guest speaker West Vancouver Mayor Mary-Ann Booth. WVHS is also collaborating with the West Vancouver Art Museum and the West Vancouver Archives on an exhibition (May – July) celebrating women whose contribution in the arts, business, education and politics helped shape West Vancouver. Dates and more information is found under Events.

With the recent death of Sean Connery, we were reminded that he knew our community well. Apart from starring in at least two films shot in BC, Mr. Connery was an avid golfer, spending many hours playing at the Capilano and Furry Creek courses. Yes, in December 1989, Sean Connery was in West Vancouver, on Bowen Island for five days - filming the infamous Russia House movie.

We recently heard that a “labour of love” project that caught our attention early last year has come to a happy conclusion. The restoration of Copper Cottage is complete. Tony and Yvonne are living in their beautiful new home, landscaped with specimen plants that were moved with the cottage, and gearing up for the next stage of their project.