email » 6 Of the original 20 = -cabins, only 12 remain today ....99 “Bowen Island was a desti- ‘nation for tourists in the : date 1800s. . NORTH SHORE “.. - HERITAGE by Dorothy Foster It was at this time that William Davies pre-empted 33 acres of © ‘land in Snug Cove and planted an orchard. of apple, cherry, peach, - pear and plum trees, and provided “tent camping spaces amongst the “trees, “When | the. Union Steamship Company purchased the property in 1922, the orchard became part ‘of their large and bustling resort, and in 1928, they constructed 20 : COttages in it. poe : These were rented seasonally to families who returned to the same . cabin year after year from Easter to Thanksgiving. * Some’ of the cabins were rented - to Union Steamship employees. ... When, the Union © Steamship .- ‘Hotel closed its doors in’ 1957 the’ cabins deteriorated, although some were still rented. © Several. times the _ property changed hands. until, in 1983, it was purchased for parkland by the Greater. Vancouver ’ Regional District (GVRD). : The orchard is now part of the 0-acre Crippen Regional Park. ~, « Of the original 20 cabins; only * 12 remain‘ ieday. and two of these are privately owned: uo Six are rented on a month-to- month basis, and four are empty. 7 \ GALL Per “a, ~ THE ORCHARD COTTAGES, SNUG COVE cabins restored to / Hii WZ SES, i ae) THE ORCHARD Cottages, Snug Cove, Bowen Island. The Bowen Island Heritage Association was formed in late 1989. It proposes to lease the Or- chard area from GVRD Parks and ssf up a community-based management group. . «