28 - Friday, November 27. 1998 — North Shore News

Siories
ofthe =,
B.C. seas

@ Lindt on the Water Douglas &
Melntyre, $43). by Keith McLaren.
Author slide show, 7 pam. “Phursday,
Dee. 3. at 32 Books. 140 FE. bath St.
in North Vancouver. Reservations
are recommended.

THERE is an image in marmer
Keith McLaren’s lavishly illus-
trated coffee-table tome that
may be of interest to North
Shore readers.

Iniva P9817 photograph of a voung
airl, Miss Betty Brown, ata christening
tor the five-masted schooner Mabel
Brown ata North Vancouver drvdock.
She is the daughter of the sponsor for
whom the ship was named. She poses
for the camera in her Sunday best.

“Launchings were important events
in the community, but this one, in par-
ticular, marked the beginning of the
tiest major shipbuilding boom in
British Columbia's history.” writes
MeLaren, a Saltspring Island resident.

The image is just one of 120 pho-
tographs included in Light on the
Water that showcase the history of
boats, ships and people along B.C."
coast from the late 1830s to the
1940s.

Meharen, who took his firse ship-
board job in 1969 and currently works
as a captain for the BC Ferry Corp.,
has drawn wpon his first-hand know!-
edge of sea lore to compile this com-
pelling collection of photographic por-

Benefit set for

hurricane victims

ON Oct. 23 guests of
Jamaica’s SuperClub
Breezes received a
notice under their
doors: Hurricane
Alert — This is to

presently 150 miles
off the south coast of
Jamaica and we will
keep you informed of
its progress and advise
you of the location of
the hurricane shelters.

“Tt wasa prety scary
experience,” says Janet
Paik, president of Deep
Cove’s Advantage Pavhk
Travel and Cruise Centre,
With the wind gathering
speed and hore! employers
chaining beach chatrs
rogether and lowering them
into the pool thy sttuanoen
was looking very serious,

But, as we know, the
hurricane changed direction
and Jamaica was saved.

| advise you that
Hurricane Mitch is
|

With std avlose call
and knowledge of the ultt
mare dev astanion amd loss er
ty. Pav bk desided ov her
return ta Canake te
become imvoled with a
tundraming actity for the
vntans ot Parieane Mbieh

Members af the Vaakdt
Chamber € hor. rast back
tram ateurerthe C seh
Republic, ottered ter per
toym a Bonent coneert ot
association wath Pavlik’s
subsidiary Company
Neworld: Discovers
Riaeauns amd! Peter
Jaa
Group.

Vhe benetit, An
International Concert trom
the Western Hemmphere,
will include Canadian works
and Spanish songs in the
mood of Christmas. “Phe
shaw is scheduled tor
Sunday, Dee. @, 3 p.m, at
SEU'S Harbour Centre
downtown cantpus in the
Ketcher Challenge Pheatre,
BIS West Hastings St,
Vancouver.

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pelling images in mariner Keith McLaren's book Light on the Water.

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