13 - Wednesday, September 14, 1988 — North Shore News A PART of North Shore history is represented by this crumbling re- taining wall at 166 W. Esplanade, the last vestige of the former Hotel North Vancouver. The wall must be replaced, but part of the original structure, shown here by Jonn Stuart of the Heritage Society of B.C., will be saved. SAMPLE SHOE SALE} Finest Quality Manufacturers’ Handmade Leather Samples SIZE 6 onty be Values to $90.00 Hundreds of styies and colors to choose from Historic wall to be dismantied THE FUTURE of one of meeting. The wall later became -part of North Vancouver’s oldest The wall’s concrete blocks are oe Hollyburn Lumber Co. . made from a weak mixture of fine uilding. Jts cement cap was heritage structures was gravel and sand aggregate with removed, made taller and then debated at a recent North some form of cement binder. backfilled. Vancouver City Council “The concrete was probably The extra stress put on the wail meeting. made from limestone from the See NV Butchart Gardens,’” Stuart said. Page 15 By MAUREEN CURTIS Contributing Writer The crumbling retaining wall, which supports a municipal park- ing lot at 166 West Esplanade, also has considerable historical significance. Dating back to around [91], it was built to support the Hotel North Vancouver, a grand struc- ture that burned down in the 1920s. “Tt must also represent one of the earliest uses of concrete for its decorative value,’? North Van- couver Heritage Advisory Com- mittee John Stuart said after the Caulfeild Narrovty Avoids Name of Skunk Village h The year was 1898; two years after ‘he ff H Kiondixe gold strike. An English visitor to m the remote western wilderness that was ff a then British Columbia cruising Burrard In- § @ let aboard the Steamship Defiance. The § trip was to change his fife. ! H Fascinated by the untamed beauty of § A Bursard Iniet's north shore, he put ashore at Skunk Cove and was so enchanted by ff @ the majestic landscape thal the folfowing 4 4) year he bought 200 acres at Point Atkin- B son and pioneered the Village that now @ bears his name. i & Who was this intrepid Englishman? @ ANone other than Francis William BCaulteild: philanthropist. gentleman B adventurer, artist, aStronomer and Greek 4 scholar. , BH Apioneer of great vision, Mr, Cautfeid § mwas to donate 32 acres of his beloved § B forest and waterfront as parkland to the & f fledgling municipatity and its citizens of § ihe future. One of Mr. Caulfeild's first underiak- § Mm ings in his new-found rocky paradise was g to build a sturdy pier that was to become ff mthe hub of the iltage's lirst anspor : be ~ . @sysiem and major link with civilization. § : _ era oie ; H Long used by local fishermen, the lit- THE HONDA PRELUDE Si WS”. Bl tle cove had earned the jocutar name of § . ‘Moat F i fa Skunk Cove in honour of its first tenants. # But, as a tribute to Mr. Caulfeild's @ 4 welcome upgrading of the facilities it ac- & Aquired the more fragrant name off 4 Caulteild Cove. 2 B Today's Village is as strategically plac- Bed as Skunk Cove was in terms of g modern-day traffic: just off the Upper B m Levels Highway. And today's Villagers a provide services that would giadden any @ Mtishermen's heart: Marvin Mizinski of a Fashion Cleaners could work miracies § : ° ! 4 A with their wardrobe and give them same \¥ A day service; they'd approve of Mark Cac: ff B dick, Manager of Saleway's Someplace ff > : " A Special for his sagacity in selecting only ° i a: YEAR EN CLEA RANGE athe very best of the day's catch: and : ; g 4 ’ . they'd be delighted to know their Goats & | diy Ectie Senmat Insurances : OF ALL 68 HONDA MIGDELS! and © enie Schmi urance. ree A fishermen can drop by ine H : ? every colour. Exact savings vary by model! Village to pick up Draw Entry Forms for & imate : . 1 Ba splendid “‘catch’’: a return trip for lwo 5 DON T MISS mT Extremely generous trade-in Sto Mr. Caulfeild's England. British Air-§ allowances! Instant financing (O.A.C.}! Aways, in keeping with Mr. Caulfeifd's § am im generosity, is donating a trip for two — : - & value $6,600 — flying Business Class on & . 3 “x a . : A its regular Vancouver to London service. B f 3 ‘ an 4 y : pag ine Villagers are chipping in with ‘ a y NEVTeCGhi 725 MARINE DR. 1 in spending money. i : HW f e é . Mm To this day Skunk Cove — where Rand N. VANCOUVER fa Cauifeitd had its modest beginnings — is KM fe known as Caulteild Cove. Today's Village a is proud to continue the tradition and call § 1 4 a y Rp, itself Cauifeild Village in honour of aman § a . # Of vision and generosity who loved the MAJOR " eo 4 a tt wie INENTS £ o ‘ j B wilderness and afi its creatures — even # a skunks!