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Entrance to West Vancouver
1927 - Marine Drive and Capilano River
Ferry Building
1913 - Rare early building, now an art museum
Caulfeild
1909 - Kilby family having a picnic in the forest at Caulfeild
First Narrows Fog & Light Station
1914 - Mouth of Capilano River, North Side of Narrows
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Please join us for the WVHS 2022 AGM on June 21, 2022 (5-7 pm) and help us celebrate the launch of our latest book, Inside West Vancouver by Rod Day. The afternoon begins at 5:00 pm (doors open 4:45 pm) with our brief Annual General Meeting, followed at 5:30 by the launch of Inside West Vancouver. Stay for the barbeque provided by the Ambleside/Tiddlycove Lions Club for the Summer Celebration starting at 6 pm. Members, Friends and Supporters ALL welcome! Please RSVP. Location: St. Christopher's Anglican Church, 1068 Inglewood Avenue, West Vancouver.
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IT'S HERE! Inside West Vancouver, a new book by Rod Day, is a unique history of the people, politics and planning that has helped shape West Vancouver. It is an insider’s view. Rod draws upon his experience as a municipal councillor, member of many advisory commissions, past President of WVHS, and as a historian and professor emeritus at SFU.
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West Vancouver's oldest settler building and home - the Navvy Jack House - will have a new lease on life. A 'Coffee Cottage' site concept was approved by West Vancouver Council March 7, 2022. The approval comes with the caveat that the community must raise funds to complete restoration and re-purposing of the house by March 2024. Descendants of the Thomas family and the Williams family, the first owners of the house and the last, came to John Lawson Park earlier that day, along with members of the Navvy Jack House Citizen Group and supporters from the community. Pictured are Slawiya Andrea Jacobs and Sent'ali'a Kathy Carpenter, great granddaughter, and great great granddaughter respectively of John 'Navvy Jack' Thomas and Slawyia of the Squamish people. Photo by Brenda Clark.
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West Vancouver Historical Society

The West Vancouver Historical Society is a non-profit, public service organization, celebrating and preserving the history of West Vancouver. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the District of West Vancouver. New members are always welcome.

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Phone: (778) 279 2235
Email: wvhs@shaw.ca

West Vancouver Historical Society
680 – 17th Street
West Vancouver, BC V7V 3T2

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