3.- Wednesdity, December 30, 1987 - North Shore News

NEWS photo Torry Peters

WEST VANCOUVER’S Eagle Lake water reservoir all but dried up in
the autumn due to a flack of rain. West Vancouver municipality senior
technician Kevin Ramsay (above) points out the lack of water, which fed
the municipality to ban outdoor watering. Man in Motion Rick Hansen
(left) returned to Vancouver in the spring after wheeling around the
world for more than two years and 40,000 kilometres to raise money for
spinal cord research. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip (below) were in
Vancouver for a fall conference of Commonwealth leaders. Prime

Ea Minister Brian Mulroney joined the couple in a tour of the conference
site.

NEWS photo Stuart Davis

NEWS photo Neil Lucente

' NEWS photo Terry Peters
WEST VANCOUVER, Canada's wealthiest municipality, turned 75 years old in 1987 with a number of celebrations to commemorate the event. A large coat of arms — seen left. with
sign painter Kate Clifford — was added to one of Park Royal's overpasses to proclaim the anniversary. Fire gutted a dock at North Vancouver's Vancouver Shipyards in early September as
the largest barge in the world was undergoing repairs. A number of igs arrived at the scene of the fire offering assistance (right). The dock suffered $500,000 damage and had to be rebuilt.