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RETURNING HOME to find that
you've been robbed is a fear shared
by many homeowners today.
Whether you're away on vacation,
at work, or just out for the evening,
the threat of a burglary looms kirge.

Safeguarding jewelry, cash. sen-
timental items and other valuables
should be a top priority in every
housvhold.

The surest way to minimize the
danger of such theft is to remember
that what can’t be seen, can’t he
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The good news is that an in-Moor
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sell home improvement project.

An in-foor safe is recognized as
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The best place for such a sate is
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Graphic Darothy Foster

ALL THAT remains of the Wigwam Inn is the dining room fireplace made of granite and brick.

Inn’s storied past took its
toll on original structure

FOR THOSE of my readers who
haven't guessed by now the destina-
tion of the chartered tug, the Le
Mars, that 1 wrote about in my col-
umn last week, it was the Wigwam
inn.

NORTH SHORE
HERITAGE
By Dorcthy Foster

This was a special trip up the
Inlet to the Inn. The present owners,
the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club,
don’t permit anyone but its mem-
bers to either dock there or to enter
the Inn. Accompanying us on this
voyage was Roy Summerfield, both

a member of the yacht club and a
historian who knows the area better
than anyone. He received permis-
sion to conduct this tour through the
Inn and around its grounds. The
Deep Cove and Area Historical
Association, which arranged this
outing, presented a pictorial history
and an account of the Inn, which
they had mounted on a large card to
Roy and the Yacht Club on the
steps of the Inn when we docked.

We then divided into two
groups, one to tour the grounds, and
the other to proceed with Roy to
view the interior of the Inn. As we
toured, starting at the lobby, we
were told the history of the
Wigwam Inn.

The Inn is situated at the head of
Salmon Arm, and was built in 1909
by the first owner of the property,
Benjamin Franklin Dickens. When
it became evident that he did not
have the financial resources needed
to continue with his dream, he took
on Count Alvo von Alvensleben as
owner and financier of the Inn in
1910.

Alvo was the son of a count, and
shocked his family and friends by
resigning his commission in the
Prussian army to pioneer in faraway
countries. When he arrived in
Vancouver in 1904, he had less than
four dollars in his pocket. His first

See Wigwam page 17

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