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NORTH SHOR
HERITAGE
by Dorothy Foster

“NAVVY JACK’S’’ house
was drarvn from Ambleside
Beach jooking north and is
one. of the most historic
homes in the Lower
Mainland.

Although caly 2 handful of
buildings in New Westminster and
Vancouver’s Hastings Mill Store
are older; Navvy Jack’s has the
distinction of being the oldest-

. ‘known continuously occupied res-

. idence in the Lower Mainland.

dt was built by-one of West

Wancouver’s ‘most colorful early

pioneers, who was also its first

white settler.

- Arriving in B.C. from Wales in

the mid-1800s to seek his fortune

|. in the Cariboo gold fields, Navvy
Jack Thomas became involved in

B.C.’s
dustry.

By 1860 he was operating a
trans-shipment service from Soda
Creek to Quesnel.

By 1866 he began an
unscheduled ferry service across
Burrard Inlet. .

This led to his establishing in
the following year.a business haul-
ing river-washed gravel from the
mouth of the Capilano River.

In 1872 Thomas purchased 80
acres of waterfront property from
James Blake.

This property stretched from
what is known as Mavvy Jack,
Point to 16th Street.

The following year, 1873, he
had this house built and married
Row-i-a, granddaughter of Chief
Kiep-i-lan-o, after whom the
Capilano River was named.

Although the house has been
moved to this site on Argyle
‘Avenue, and its siding and win-
dows altered, its form is still in-
tact.

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I would like to acknowledge
West Vancouver’s Heritage Inven-
tory by Foundation Group Design
for research information.

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of garden club

HOME COMPOSTING will
be the topic discussed at the
“next Lynn Valley Garden
Club meeting slated for
Thursday, April 15 at 7:30
p.m.

Beverly Wever,
program officer of the
Greater Vancouver Regional
District, will speak to garden
club members and guests at
the Lynn Valley United

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Church, 3201 Mountain
Highway, North Vancouver.

For more information, call
984-8252.

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