Flume-fishing for trout From pase 24 on the hillside and got its water trom Lynn Creek. It was about 4° by Fin size and fail of water. One could fish in this huge flume, and [ have seen large trout caught in it.” A company store stond at the cast end of the wharf and a hotel further cast, “Phe cook: house just north of the anil ted the emplovees good meals. A road past the cookhouse led up asteep hillto Knob Hill, where the “better class” of cmplayees lived, includiag che school teacher and the manager, [.G. Woods atthe “Big, House.” A second road running cast of the store along the shoreline led to the homes ofthe other employ: ces, including Captain Stevens, head stevedore tor the mill. As oa voungster Burnes “travelled along a plank road which is now First Street... we passed the Woods’ home on our way home from schol on a read that rin along the edge of a steep bank ... from where we could look down and see the boom men moving huge logs inte place for the mills.” He suggests that the apple orchards and other tresh veg: etables growing in’ the large garden provided = an over- whelming temptation — for school children. Another clipping from the Lions Gate Times, Feb. 18, 1971, relates an account by Capiain John Cates, “a resident of the North Shore tor the past 68 years.” Cates talks about an carly pioncer of Moodvyville, Mrs. Simon Blaney. nee Lena Randall, who came te the set- dement in 1882 with her father, Simon Randall, the mas- ter mechanic for the Moodyville Sawmill. He was the man who installed cleetic lights on Burrard Inlet in February, 1882, co allaw 24- hour operation of the mill. This accomplishment was quoted ir D.A. MeGregor’s history. of Moodyville as being “the first deetne fights on the Pacitic Coast north of San Fran - When Randall was asked to invest money inte lots on Lonsdale Avenue, he turned it down stating thar spending “$75 on alot that would never amount to anything was ridicu- lous.” An interesting and unique by-product of the Moodville Mill was development of pre- fabricated home — packages complete with insulated panels, thar became popular in the new grain and coal towns created by the CPR on ihe prairies. A local example can be seen at the entrance to the Sevmour Demonstration Forest, an orig- inal restored = prefabricated home. At the same site, the GVRD has completed con- struction ofan authentic replica of a working flume, used in the early days of logging on the North Shore. In the publication Express Extra, printed in March, 1993 by john R. Stuart, Curator of the North Vancouver Museum, he compares the location of old Moodyville to newer maps of the City of North Vancouver. It mentions that “with the mill closed and few other job prospects on the North Shore, Moodyville citizens soon moved away ... the school was the East End School which stood at the north west comer or the lind sct aside for a new school now known as hore news JEIGHBOURHOODS Radeeway, The once busting Cook hase was "OM & Diliapidated Phe site, “Killed in with Slabs and Sawdust,” was scenes a tire risk.” The North | Vancouver Fall Jones Wear separates $6 MILLION BLOWOUT! Women’s petite, plus and regular sizes. Regular prices. Selection varies by store. vacated and classes moved to atity Fair panties Exclates valve packs. All wonien's rainwear and umbrellas Our reg. $2.49 to $78 Sale $1.74 to 954.50 Mascum dad Archives is cur rently disphaving photographs and artifacts tound atthe site of what was once Moodyville, unl carl 1999) Historical walks are conducted through our the vear by Rov Pallant. 40, off Arrow dress shirts Ensy Care, Arden and Coleman. Qur reg. $29.99* to $49.99° Sale $17.99 to $25.99 The Work Cencaction and - Casual Connection shoes : + Selected sty'es. o Our reg. $79.99 Sale $47.98 BE Jong ume resident and histor anoot North Vancouver, more intormation call: Aol. OST. Diformation supplied by Roy Pallant. A History of the City and District, oof | North All kids’ OshKosh Includes basic denim overalls. Our reg. $21.99" to $39.99° Sale $16.49 to $29.89 All offers valid until Sunday October 25th, or while quantities last. Special buys good while quantities last. Selection varies by store. All bonus offers one per customer please. Offers exclude Factory Outlet, Warehouse Stores and Clearance Centres. “Introductory offer. After October 25, 1998, our regular prices will be as shown. Vancous or iv Kathleen Marjorie Waodtward-Revnolds: The Enterpnsing Mr. Moody and The Bumptious Captain Stamp, f{. Morton, 197 anid the North Vancouver Miser aud Archives (98-3618).