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WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARV. rkuv- r»MTr>c ........... _ â€"â€" fflSTORY- ONICS VOL. 14 NO. 3 JUNE 1996-.. Please Note Changes Annual General Meeting Date & Location Thursday, June 20 - 7 PM Cedardale Centre THE NEWSLETTER OF THE WEST VANCOUVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY Britannia Mines Tour Chosen for Society's Outing Friday, July 5 set for West Vancouver Historical Society Summer Event As a result of a great deal of interest, a trip to the B.C. Mining Museum at Britannia Beach has been chosen as our summer outing for this year. The event has been set for July 5,1996 and a tour of the mine has been scheduled for 1:30 pm. The tour has been scheduled to co-ordinate with Maverick bus line service and allow time for lunch before the tour. Many are choosing to drive and as an option. Car Pooling is being organized to accomodate this schedule. Transportation details together with other information may be found on Page 4 under Special Events Activities. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Will be held on Thursday, June 20,1996 in the Auditorium of the Cedardale Centre, 595 Burley Drive (off Inglewood East of Taylor Way) and will commence at 7pm. We return to this location for this one occasion only as the West Van Senior Activity Centre premises are unavailable for this date See pages 2, 5 & 6 for information regarding the Annual General Meeting. FEATURE PRESENTATION Britannia, the Story of a B.C. Mine Coinciding with, and as a result of, selecting the Britannia Tour we are pleased to announce that our guest speaker for our meeting on June 20 will be Marilyn Mullan, Curator and Executive-Director of the Britannia Beach Historical Society. She will be speaking on the history of the mine and its role in B.C. mining today and will show a short video. She will be prepared to answer questions on mining in B.C. and in particular, the Museum operation and the tour. After twenty years of association with the BC Museum of Mining, Marilyn will be retiring from her current position as Executive Director on August 31, 1996. Continued on page 7 - See ^Marilyn Mullan* H. JOHNSTON Hugh Johnston & Harry Lynum On the Lawson Creek Trail Lawson Creek Forestry Heritage Walk A Second Forestry Walk opens for the 1996 Hiking Season The Lawson Creek Heritage Walk gives the mountainside explorer an opportunity to see how a logged forest can regenerate itself. The walk takes you through areas of mountain that have been clear cut and selectively logged from the early 20th Century up to the 1950’s. This Trail connects with the Brothers Creek Forestry Walk and is included in the new brochure. The Brothers Creek Forestry Walk was completed and opened for the summer of 1994. The publication of the “Lawson Creek Forestry Brochure”, an interpretive guide including maps, marks the virtual completion of a cooperative project of the District of West Vancouver and our Society carried out over the last 3 years. For details on the Society’s part in this project and where to pick up the brochure see the Article on Page 7.