“NORTH SHOR
HERITAGE
by Dorothy Foster

WIGWAM INN was built
at the north end of Indian
Arm inlet by the first
owners: of the property,
Benjamin Franklin Dickens
and his business partner,
Count Gustav Constantin
Alvo Van Alvensleben.

Dickens, who arrived in Van-
couver in the late 1800s, had the
grand dream of building a large
Indian-theme chalet that would
become a world-class resort.

He became manager of his
company, Vancouver Springs In-
dian River Co., when it became
evident that he did not have the
financial resources needed to con-
tinue with his dream, and took on
Alvensieben as owner and finan-
cier of the inn in £910.

As owner, Alvensleben was able
to bring in a good deal of money
from Germany for their venture
and the inn was opened in 1910 in
a big extravaganza with 600 in-
vited guests arriving by boat.

Over the next few years the inn
flourished as boatloads of visitors

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made the wip to this remote,
romantic location for ‘fishing,
hunting, and relaxation.

There were open-air dancing
and moonlight cruises as well.

Among the visitors in 1911 were
John D. Rockefeller and John
Jacob-Astor,

When the First World War
broke out in 1914 Count
Alvensleben was in Germany and
could not return to Canada, as he
would have been interned, so he
took up residence in Seattle,
where he lived until his death in
1963.

The inn changed hands
numerous times over the years and
several owners attempted to make
a go of it.

It flourished from the mid-’20s
through the mid-’40s, then hit
another low point after that.

In 1962, the RCMP raided it
when it was being operated as a
gambling casino.

In 1986, Wigwam Inn was pur-
chased by the Royal Vancouver
Yacht Club and has served ever
since as an out-station for its
members.

I would like to acknowledge
Echoes Across the Inlet, by Mar-
tha Border and Don Sparks, for
historical information.

made available

exceed provincial codes,

Set by the Canadian Home
Builder’s Association in partner-
ship with EMR, the standards
result ffom more than $50 million
of technology research, product
development, and builder training
that started in. the early 1980s.
The goat of this investment strat-
egy is to promote energy-efficient
housing for Canadians.

R-2000 has also helped to boost
the competitiveness of the Cana-
dian home construction industry
and the residential equipment
manufacturing sector.

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