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THIS IMPOSING home
was built in 1904 for Col.
Alfred St. George
Hamersley, an English
aristocrat, and his family,
-who first settled in Van-
couver in 1888.

It took two years to complete,
and during this time of construc-
tion he and his wife Maude and
their children (three sons and two
daughters) would row across the
inlet from their home on Hastings
Street in Vancouver to this lovely
wooded site on East 2nd, for
weekend picnics and gatherings.

Although he returned to
England in 1906 to serve for eight
years as a member of parliament,
followed by a military career, Col.
Hamersley spent 38 very active
years in B.C.

In 1890 he was appointed Solic-

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itor for the City of Vancouver and
served as legal counsel for the
Canadian Pacific Railway.

As chairman of Union Steam-
ships in 1904, he commissioned
the ferry St. George into service,
transporting up to 1,000 passen-
gers across Burrard Inlet between
Lower Lonsdale and Vancouver.

His home on East 2nd is a
Stately example of turn-of-the-
century architecture in a sylvan
Setting.

Col. Hamersley himself planted
the lofty maples that are a part of
the landscaping.

The foundation of this home
consists of cut granite blocks sup-
porting 19-inch-thick walls of
Poured concrete. The verandah

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still retains its decorative brackets
and railings although it is now
glazed in.

Over the years this home has
seen several uses.

In 1906 it served as a private
hospital and was the birthplace of
many North Shore citizens (Mollie
Nye was born here).

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house, and in 1960, a rest home.

fn the late 1970s the City of
North Vancouver acquired the
property through a land exchange
with an adjacent owner in order
to preserve the building.

Known as ‘‘Emerald Park
Lodge’. by many (since it had
been renamed after Emerald
Park next door to it), it reopened
as ‘‘Emerald Park Restaurant”’ in
1982

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