page 8 - April 21, 1976 - North Shore News

Annie Mee came to Van-

couver on one of ‘the first ~
‘trains to cross the Rockies, —

and lived in North Vancouver
when Lonsdale Avenue was

have thé option of the: first

‘choice when the legal battles

ended. They picked a place
at the foot of Rogers Avenue,
and there they decided to

‘ photo courtesy Vancouver Public Archives.
Even during the first decade of the century, the residents of the new commanity growing.
around Lonsdale took pains to build Stately 1 and ‘sturdy homes.

with nothing: but an em]

tent to call my home: 1. heard
that the fishermen: -had
loaded my furniture ‘on their’

boats and were on their way =

1655 Cap ilano Rd.
- North Von.

only a bush trail. build.

over with my. husband. But it =
* got’ darker and darker and~
the rain was.pouring down..
There were other lights along.
_the shore and I thought that —

The ‘Mees had seven. - Before the house was.
children, the eldest of whom finished, however, circum-
is still living in Pemberton stances compelled Mrs. Mee

Meadows. Mrs. Mee died in
1947, and is buried in North
Vancouver Cemetery.

Mrs. Mee saw “Vancouver
and. North Vancouver grow

‘from settlements to cities,

Before marriage Mrs. Mee |

was a railroad stenographer

in eastern Canada. She and. 5
her husband came. out: west
‘soon after -their marriage.

to move at once.

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“It was a beautiful day i in

early. Apri . Mrs. - Mee.
recalled. ‘I came over on the —
‘Boon boat) to get. things

They arrived in. Vancouver in 9

"1888 where Cam Mee took up

his duties as the town’s first,

mail agent.. § —

' Mee’s health began to fail
- him in the close confines of.
the depot. He used to ‘spend

his spare time hunting on the py: ie

slopes. of, ine North. Shore
mountains, and during this. .
time he thought . about _
making his home there.

_In 1894, he left Itis position *
with the C.P. R, and took up

contracting. His first contract.

was to build the road that is
now known as Lonsdale,
Avenue. (He also. built the’
toad to Capilano.)

At that time the Mees.

couldn’t buy a lot to build on.
as the Lonsdale estate was
‘still in litigation, but they did

ute

’ yt

 péady “My: “finisbarid ‘stayed

“behind | to. help ‘load the
‘boats: We had ‘asked some
fishermen if they would
move our things over and
they said they would. Some-
thing. went wrong and they
didn’t turn up for some time.

‘Then a gale arose and

Burrard, Inlet. ‘was . getting :
rough. | f
it. was soon dark’ and
| there Iwas ‘practically alone .

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_S9LONSDALE AVE, NORTH VA:

ate,

“seen a. light’ ‘out on the inlet’.

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_ too many would confuse the”
_men in. the boats. It was.
blowing so hard that it was:

difficult to see any distance
._ About one o’clock, an Indian»
came and told. me that he had

and that it was the fishermen.

bringing my things. Then che:.
said the light had ‘disap--

.ipeared and. he thought: the.
. boats must. have capsized, ”

At this” point Mrs.’ “Mee
. decided that . something had

to be done.: On thinking it’.
talking: with

over, < and.
Indians, ‘they all came‘to the.
‘conclusion that ‘the tide had. -
carried the ‘boats down the

ee inlet and that they would
~make a landing somewhere —
7 around Moodyville. “

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; Mrs: Mee and the rest of
‘the party took lanterns and’
went along the shore in the:
pouring rain. At 2:30 in the.
‘morning, they located the:
boats and Cam Mee, just as |

they landed near .Moodyville. '

Everything. was soaked. —
their blankets, bedding and
food. When they did get back
ito. the tent it was soaked too. .

eo never forget the first.
night I landed here’’, said
Mrs. Mee later.

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