__ page: 12 Diay. 26,1976: “Noth Shore News"

Lynn Valley, for those who
are new to North Vancouver,
lies on the west bank of Lynn

Creek, in a north-easterly -

direction from the City- of
North Vancouver.

Prior to the 1890’s forests
very near impenetrable co-
vered much of the ground
where homes now abound in
Lynn Valley.

By Art Davies -

to assault these forests was
the Spicer Shingle Company.
- In 1895 they. moved in to take
out logs and shingle ‘bolts.

This company had ‘several —

camps in various parts of the
‘Valley, and Spicer had the
distinction of building the

Training continued |

continued from page 1

‘The project must provide
training in skills that are both
transferable and in reason-
able demand, and may last
up to a’ maximum of 52

. ., weeks.

Manpower’s .
trainee wages can run from
40 per cent to 85 per cent
during the instructional per-

iod, depending on the type of

trainee.

- Manpower also wants to
see more hiring of appren-
tices in various trades and
can assist in training for up

. “first and - main,
:Town”’ as it was called was

. Lynn

share of

: (988-1151). , no

first flume in Lynn Valley to

‘convey his shingle bolts from _ .

Hasting’s Creek to the
waters of Burrard Inlet.

It wasn’t long. “however,
before the Hastings Shingle
Company cast their eyes on

- this - bountiful timber area,

and in 1897 Spicer-sold out to

them. The Hastings Shingle

Company was owned by two

‘brothers, James and Robert

McNair, who lived at Hast-
ings on the south shore.

~ On May 20, 1897 Mr. J.M.
- Fromme was appointed sup- .

erintendant of timber opera-

tions in the woods. of Lynn
- Valley for the same. comp-

any. He took over the camps

of the old firm and commen- ~
- ced work with considerable
‘enthusiasm.

‘Two mills were built. The
**Shake-

‘situated near Hastings Creek

:_--” .on Mill Road above Dempsey
“One of the first companies.

Road. The second camp was
at the present. junction of
Valley . Road”. and
Mountain Highway.

Beginning with only 20

- men, the number gradually

increased until as many as

. 200 men were employes at

to. 10 per.” cent of total

_ apprenticing time: -- usually

about 20 weeks.

e Training projects for: ‘spe-

cialty... cooks, . -appliance and
- ,electtonic repair people, and
Some. office positions are’
among those being ‘encour-

aged.

North and West Vancouver &
employers interested in tak-  @
-ing part in. the program or.
desiring further information .: §
should contact the Canada |
‘Manpower office at 1221

Lonsdale, North Vancouver

sight & save

one_ time, assisted by 13
teams of horses. ~

Some of the tallest trees
were laid low, cut into proper

‘lengths, split into bolts and.
then sent sailing down’ a
flume to the salty water. at: a
old: Moodyville. a cee

- Operations gradually mov- -
. ed higher up the hills and at

one time nearly ten miles of
flumes were erected. The
main branch crossed the
Lynn Valley Road. There was
another branch line of three

_miles which ran out to Rice
-: Lake, between the Lynn and

Seymour Rivers, here a mill

was biilt and a group of |

industrious Japanese moved
into the area to: operate it.
Many of these — families

_ remained on this site until _
they had to leave the area by

a federal order i in- 1942;

Te

Radials save gas.

Radial tires riot only are :
safer but can cut: your...
gasoline bills, according to a *-

recent study by U.S.:
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They found steel: belted

‘Trea-

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S gallon’ by.as muchas 10 per.

cent.

Fuel | savings < were greatest
a when cars ran at~- constant
‘speeds. —

‘But . there were:

*‘*significant”’ savings even .
under stop-and-go city driv-
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