NORTH SHORE
HERITAGE

THE THIRD week in Feb-
tuary is_ traditionally set
aside to celebrate heritage.
Cities and towns across Canada
are urged to participate and plan
activities that highlight the
uniqueness of their communities.
Although Heritage Day is on
Monday, Feb. 17, there are
weex-long activities and other
events scheduled through the week
on the North Shore.
@ In West Vancouver:
» Feb. 22: There will be a plaque
unveiling ceremony identifying the
building the ‘‘Clachan,”’ the pres-
ent location of Peppi’s Restau-
tant.
® Feb. 18 to March I: At the
Ferry Building there will be an art
show featuring some of the works
of notable cartoonist, Len Norris.
The reception will be Tuesday,
Feb. 18 from 6 to 9 p.m.
® West Van Memorial Library
will have heritage photographs up
throughout the month of Febru-

ary.
@ North Vancouver City:

> Jan. 16 to Feb. 16: A heritage
display in the city hall foyer. .
> During Heritage Week Shaw
Cable will run a heritage/history
video:

’ Tuesday, Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m.;
‘Thursday, Feb. 20, 10 a.m.; Fri-
day, Feb. 21, 11:30 a.m. and 9:30
p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 22, 9:30
a.m.; Sunday, Feb. 23, 5:30 and
9:30 p.m. ae

' ‘Museum -display at —Pres-

entation House: Tokens and Tolls,
+a history of the North Vancouver
‘ferries and bridges crossing Bur-

. "- rard Inlet.
_@ North Vancouver District: © __
® Sunday, Feb. 23: Everyone is

invited: by. the District of. North
Vancouver Heritage ‘Advisory
- Committee to celebrate Heritage
‘Week with a heritage walk from

"Lynn Valley — Poets. Corner to -
‘the Great Divide —-conducted by. .
‘Roy J.V. Pallant M.A.,: president .

. Of the: Historical Society and
member of the Heritage Advisory
Committee. :

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Sunday, February 16, 1992 - North Shore News - 47

N. Shore celebrates heritage week

BUILT IN 1880 at Mcodyville for the Moodyvilie Ferry Co.

The S.S. Senator

THE S.S. Senator was
named in honor of
Senator Hugh Nelson,
who served on the Senate
around 1880 and - who
became the flieutenant-
governor of British Col-
umbia in 1882.
The small ferry crossed Bur-
rard Inlet on a regular two-
_ hour schedule over a century
ago.

Built’ in 1880 at Moodyville

Meet at ‘the Walter Draycott
Memorial Statue at the junction
‘of Mountain Highway and Lynn

‘We are @ progressive contemporary

for the Moodyville Ferry Co.,
she became part of the Union
Steamship fleet in 1899 and
was the first of three company
vessels. ;

The other two were the
Leonora and the Skidgate. Her
captain was Hugh Stalker.

The Senator called at North
Vancouver, where a wharf had
been built in 1893, en route
from Moodyville to Vancouver.
It also served as a supply boat
to sailing ships anchored in the
inlet awaiting berths at ‘the

Valley Road. Duration: three -
hours — babies and pets welcome.
Starting time is 1:30 p.m. sharp

local Moodyville sawmill.
This drawing, taken from a
photograph now on display at

‘the North Vancouver City

Museum at Presentation
House, shows the Moodyville,
ferry lying beside a float at the
city wharf on Carrall Street
about to depart for
¥oodyville.

Also pictured is a freight
shed and a freight on the dock
ready for loading.

— by Dorothy Foster

— rain or shine. For further in-
formation call 987-7131, local
325.

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