Station returns |

BY DEANA LANCASTER
News Reporter

THE Pacific Great Eastern
railway station will be officially
welcomed home this Sunday.
The station was loaded on
to the back of a truck carlier
this year and rolled down the
hill from Mahon Park back to
its original location, now the
parking lot of the Seven Seas
restaurant. Over the past few
months it has been restored
for use by the North
Vancouver Museum and com-

muni .
On Sindy, it will host a
as part of the
Forth Shore A ieritage week-
,end.. Mayor Jack Loucks,
Ranjit Khosla of the Kiwanis
Club and Paul McElligor,
resident and CEO of the BC
Rail up of compznies, will
be there to do the honors,
North Vancouver Ci
' approved a budger uf approxi-
‘© mately $200,009. in 1996 to
relocate and restore the build-

ing.

8 The . Kiwanis Foundation
_-and Club of Nerth Vancouver,

council

BC Rail and
B.C. Her-
itage Trust
have assisted
with funds
for the pro-

ort

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complete

restoration was possible
because a North: Vancouver
Museum and Archives collec-
tion contains documents and
photographs of the station
during its heyday,

The PSE station was built
in 1913. ft served a tain line
to Howe Sound for people
taking day trips to the area.
The first train left the station
on Jan. 1, 1914.

The station was closed in
1928 when a rail tunnel! was
built under Lonsdale and
Esplanade.

The building was used by
C.H. Cates & Sons before it
was passed on to the city. The
station was moved to Mahon
park and served as the original
home of the museum and
archives,

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Districe of North
Vancouver,
Slightly over ewo hundred
ago,the Coast Salish
iving on the North Shore
had their first glimpse of

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. Spanish arrived, giving their
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name to ncouver’s
Spanish Banks, and in
1792, Captain George
Vanc.uver explored the
local shores. Bur it was not
until 1862 chat the first
attempt was made to har-
vest the rich stands of tim-
ber of the North Shore,
leading to permanent settle-
ment of the area chat would
jater become North
Vancouver.

The first industry on the
North Shore was’ Pioneer
Mills, founded in 1862 to
log the huge tees of the
coastal rainforest. After
twice changing hands, the
operation was bought by
Sewell (“Sue”) Prescott
Moody in 1865. Near
where the Swkatchewan
Whear Poo: y,.ain elevators
now ae the town of
Moodyville grew up.
Industry, particularly ship-
building, became central,
with the magnificent stands
of trees a rich resource for a
society in which ships,
houses. and most other
manmade things were con-
structed mainly of wood.
The Wallace Shipyards
* moved in 1905 to the area
just ease of Lonsdale
Avenue. Over the years, this
company became a major
force in the local economy.
Many of: the shipyard’s

buildings, lacer known as
Burrard Dry Dock and then
Versatile Pacific Shipyards,
still stand, although the
company has now ceased
operations.

Mmomic prosperity and
the rapid erowth FA the
Lower ale arca of the
North Shore led to the
establishment of the sepa-
rate City of North
Vancouver in 1907 with a

opulation of approximate-
ly 1,500. West Vancouver
separated from the District
in 1912. Apart from the

addition of Moodyville in ©

1915, the boundaries of the
City have not changed,
even though far more peo-

le now call the Districr ~b

ome.

Communications wich Van-_

couver have always been an
important factor in. the
development of the North
Shore. first ferry service:
was suppli y “Navy
Jack’s” row boat in 1866. In
1867 the Sea Foam estab-,
reguiar service
which continued until
1958. The SeaBus re-estab-
lished water transportarion

in 1977.

Early plans for the Ciny of
North Vancouver were
ambitious; its location as a
communications hub and
industria! centre in a mag-
nificent geographical set-
ting ap to open end-
less possibilities. Bur the
early grandiose plans met
with a number of setbacks.
The real estate boom was
overtaken by a world-wide

depression in 1913, and

then World War I deiayed
many projects. The depres-
sion’ that began in. 1929,

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coupled with disrupt:

. communications’ over

Second Narrows caused‘ by
ships colliding with. th
idge. led to economic dif-

receivership in 1933. But
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the: openi

war effort. Postwar, the City
and District continued to
grow, with most of the

prowth taking place in the
istrict, because of its
greater land resources. The
opening of the Cleveland
Dam in 1954, the new
Lions Gate Hospital in
1361, the new City
1975 and other significant |
developments such as: the
Lonsdale Guay Market, are

changin: e face of. the
North Shore. are
While indusery. was che -.

engine which propelled :-
North Vancouver for: much
of this century, chis

largely. been’. replaced:. by.
enterprises “moze: :

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~ Development of the water-
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the. North Shore more
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& Music
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Remember the good old days
Of rail with PGE. historian ..
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The BG.B. Station resteration wasa
project of the City of North
Vancouver, in association with the
NV, Museum & Archives Com-
mission, with the support of B.C.
Rail Ltd., British Columbia Heritage
‘Trost and the Kiwanis Club of North
‘Vancouver

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