A8-Sunday News, May 25, 1980

A 1963 Corvette was
completely destroyed
Tuesday night in a fire which
spread to the roof of the car
port under which it was
parked in North Vancouver.

Chief fire imspector for
North Van City, George
Tyson, said after inspecting
the damage from the blaze at
275 East 13th. Street: “The
fire was obviously started in

the interior of the car and it
was definitely torched.”

At the time of speaking
with the News he said he had
no idea who had set light to
the car but that RCMP are
investigating the blaze.

Police took away a wick
which had been left in the
filler mouth of the gas tank,
although Tyson said he did
not feel the wick was in-

strumental in fhe interior
blaze.

However, he added: “The
interior damage is so
complete it is difficult to tell
how it was started.”

There was char damage
to the roof of the car port.

The car was owned by
Kenneth Harrison, who lives
at the address where the car
was burned.

Howe Sound not sacred
for N. Van District council

The fight to save scenic
Gambier Island from open
pit mining was carried a
stage further last week by
North Vancouver District
council — which declined,
however, to endorse motions
urging the whole of Howe
Sound to be declared a rec-
reational area.

The matter arose as
council considered the
report of the Electoral Areas
Committee of the GVRD
which had recommended
that the GVRD_ Board
“adopt a firm position with
the provincial government
calling for no new industnal
development be permitted in
the Howe Sound area, with
the exception of additional
wharfage at Squamish.”

But both the GVRD Board
and District council found
this recommendaon too far-
reaching. Alderman Peter
Powell said he thought it was
a “badly worded motion —
to be quite frank it was
damned stupid.”

Alderman Ernie Crist said
he would vote against
continued exploration on

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Gambier, but Alderman
John Lakes opposed the
idea. He noted that Howe
Sound had always been very
active in mineral ex-
ploration, dating back to the
19th century.

“What do you mean by
mining exploration?
Prospecting, testing and test
drilling? That's all that's
happening there now — it
May tur oul not to merit
exploration,” Lakes
suggested.

“Everybody's in favor of
sane development for Howe
Sound. Well that just might
include mineral exploration
— it might provide jobs for
one thing.”

However, Alderman Crist
pointed out that Gambier
Island is not the whole of
Howe Sound “Gambier
should be put aside because
of ts natural beauty — 1
should be taboo.” He also
noted that West Vancouver
council had supported such
a motion.

Alderman Gordon Rose
said he would rather “act
now than later” to stop the

mining. It wouldnt make
much sense, he indicated, to
say tater “you've found the
minerals bul we're not going
to let you do anything with
it.

In the end council limited
itself to instructing = its
representative on the GVRD
board, Alderman Powell, by
a 3-2 vote to oppose the
development of open pit
mining on Gambier.

Alderman Powell ab-
sented himself from the
council vote. Alderman
Mary Segal was not present
atthe meeting.

Meanwhile, a_ parallel
request by the recently in-
corporated Save Howe
Sound Society for a council
resolution asking senior
governments to declare
Howe Sound a recreational
area was also defeated on a
3-3 tie vote.

In contrast to Dhistnect
council's deciston, the
Society's call for the

preservation of the whole of
Howe Sound as recreational
had previously been en-
dorsed by West Vancouver
councu.

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WHAT ONCE a vintage car is now just a burned out bulk. Fire department
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