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PICTURED. ABOVE is an
example of one of a handful
of remaining wartime houses
located in. the Hamilton-Fell
area of North Vancover.

_Along with other homes like it
in the most ambitious wartirne
housing development in the City
of North Vancouver, this home
was built to accommodate ship-
yard workers and their families.

. Burrard Dry Dock company
employment jumped from = ap-
proximately 800 in 1940 to. 12,000
in 1942...

F Anis area between Hamilton and
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(built: in 1941), was the largest
wartime development in the city
with -a 342-house. subdivision
created. in the logged-off area

_ between’ McKay.. and Mosquito
creeks ‘in what an original inhab-
itant called “Skunk Hollow.’’

“Other areas to be developed for
housing were: Project No. 1
(1941), with 197 houses between

Use caution when
disposing of paint

HOW. DOES a homeowner
dispose of paint cans or unused
paint at the end of a job?

For cans that are empty, leave
the lid off and allow the remain-
ing film of paint to dry out com-
pletely. :

Then, leaving the lid off, to
show that there is no liquid paint
in the container, dispose of the
can into your garbage.

Cans that still have wet paint
left in them should not be
disposed of in any landfill site, as
it is unsafe and illegal.

If you do not have any use for
the leftover paint, you could do-
nate it to a non-profit. organiza-
tion such as the Boy Scouts, a
church, or a food bank.

The store where you bought the
paint should be willing to take its
product back and dispose of it.

Kelsan Paint & Chemical In-
dustries Ltd. will gladly assist the
homeowner in disposing of un-
wanted paint. ;

Hs the paint has been con-
taminated or is in a non-usable
condition, the homeowner can
telephone the recycling hotline
number, 732-9253, to obtain: in-
formation on a date and location
for proper disposal.

Courtesy Kelsan Paint & Chemical
Industries Ltd.

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First and Sixth streets east of
Lonsdale; Project No. 2 (1942),
with 99 houses between Lonsdale
and Bewicke avenues and First
and Fourth streets; and Project
No. 5 (1943), to which another 45
houses were added to the
Heywood estate.

In addition, two large buildings
were constructed on the corner of
Third Street and Chesterfield to
accommodate approximately 180
bachelors.

The home above is an example

- of the H-12 style, with a 14-

storey, 24-by-28-foot four-
bedroom house.

All homes were modular in
construction on. 50-foot lots, and
three basic styles were mixed up
and down the streets.

The two other styles included

were H-1, a 24-by-24-foot two-

’ bedroom house, and H-22, a 24-

Set

NORTH VANCOUVER wartime housing

jomes built for deck workers

by-28-foot two-bedroom house.

McCarter and Nairen were the
supervising architects for wartime
housing in B.C.

None of these homes had base-
ments, but over the years some
homes were raised or basements
were dug out.

Many of these homes had the
same owners for years, as in the
case of the Bishops’ home on
Tobruk pictured above. They have
lived here for 31 years.

Wartime housing is of historical
significance in the development of
the North Shore.

Many thanks to Bob Faulkner
for his research in this area that I
have used in my column.

His article is in the North
Vancouver Museum and Archives
Express newsletter dated June/
July 1993.

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