Aare iid 6 eens Sor ae Se : HERITAGE WEEKEND “was a great idea but it’s got _ to go. It’s too short. Let’s have Heritage Week in future,’ Unless you're in your 20s and have the use of a skateboard 7. moped, there isn’t a hope of mak- _. ing it in just two days to » Maplewood Flats and Deep Cove “and walking North Vancouver's his-. ‘torical past and taking one of the’ ferry rides to help you reconstruct the ‘Port’ s evolution. To’ say nothing :,of touring Someone's ancient “orchard on Bowen Island and wak- «cing tea in West Vancouver's.’ : Museum. “ AS for the chance to walk through ¢ St. Kilda’s historical path- _ way, I'd never ever heard of St. + Kilda and was longing to make her fequaintance, but what ya gonna do? J So there's nothing. for it but that ‘all those interesting activities must ’. be repeated often enough that we: | finally, all of us North Shore admirers, will have become quite’ familiar wittiall of it. Then we can run our own tours. 7 : a y par sicular prob- “ : ‘Jem lay in ‘the fact that Elder College was hav- ng an open day for °°. choosing fall’ courses, 08s. on the Saturday of Heritage Weekend, but didn’t want:to miss. ©. 77 he walk that would take us around the beginnings of our town. I'm = “glad [ went, bersuse I was able to “get from that wanii a feeling of con- nection with those hard-working. “people who tame to this place and “shared their dreams of making a. decent life — tough and romantic. awrenching what they: needed from: :. he sea and the forests and streams. This work would give them all - an identity and a future and a solid . base for family life. And they rec-:. ognized the potential for beauty that . lay within the North Shore bound-. aries, too, as demonstrated by the.” ize and frequency of parks early : - delineated and maintained. : Bs Dream Bal