Tokens and tolls

New museum exhibit looks back at
history of crossing Burrard Inlet

EVERY DAY thousands of
people cross the Burrard In-
let from the North Shore to
Vancouver and back again
via the Lions Gate and Se-
cond Narrows bridges and
the SeaBus.

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

During the crossing, commuters
will likely have an assortment of
things on their minds. It is highly
unlikely, however, that their
thoughts would be focused on
how people crossed the Burrard
Inlet in earlier times.

44 The exhibit includes everything from
a bench that used to be onan old ferry
to the buttons attendants wore .. .99

But the history of crossing Bur-
tard Inlet is the focus of a new
exhibit at the North Vancouver
Museum called Tokens 2nd Tolls:
Burrard Inlet by Ferry and Bridye.

The exhibit, which is frec, in-
cludes everything from s bench
that used to be on an old ferry
that crossed between North Van-

couver and Vancouver, to the but-
tons ferry attendants wore on
their uniforms.

“All of the items have been
donated over a number of years.
We have things that were left
behind at city hall, when city hall
used to be at the Presentatica
House,” said museum curator
John Stuart.

‘We have a whole bunch of
tokens, hundreds of tokens. We
also have a stained-glass window
from the old ferry building that
used to be focated on the east side
of Lonsdale.’’

The exhibit
12-minute video,

“*The Gepartment of Highways
gave us a video of construction of
the bridges. lt was 30 minutes of
color footage with no sound. We
took it to a North Vancouver
company and they re-did it with a
voice over and music from that
era,”’ said Stuart.

He added that the exhibit il-
lustrates both the histery and de-
velopment of North Vancouver
and the effect the ferry service
and bridges had, and continue to
have, on the community.

The exhibit can be viewed at the
North Vancouver Museum, which
is located in the Presentation
House, 333 Chesterfield Ave.,

also includes a

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NEWS photos Mike Wakefield

NOATH VANCOUVER Museum curator John Stusrt looks over
some of the histeric items put cut to celebrate the opening of the
Lions Gate Bridge.

A LIONS Gate Bridge toll ticket and ferry token are some of the
items included in the Tokens and Tolls: Burrard Intet by Ferry
and Bridge exhibit currently on display at the North Vancouver

Museum.

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to 5 p.m. Wednesdays to Sundays
and until 9 p.m. on Thursdays.

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