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HISTORY- ONICS â- â-  o i 0 VOL. 15 NO. 1 FEBRUARY 1997 THE, NEWSLETTER OF THE WEST VANCOUVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY TTTT Heritage Week In West Vancouver, February 16 - 26 Popular * Antiques & Collectibles Show^ kicks off extended week of Heritage Awareness This year our local celebration of Heritage Week gets a head start over the National event with a repeat of last years popular fund raiser for the North and West Vancouver Museums <fe Archives on Sunday, February 16, starting at 1 pm, at the West Vancouver Senior Activity Centre. Full details on this event, and others mentioned below, can be found in the West Vancouver Museum & Archives insert enclosed with this newsletter. During the week several exhibits will highlight aspects of our local heritage. 'West Vancouver Collects!’ continues, closing April 10, at the West Vancouver Museum, illustrating local residents' passions for collecting. The Ferry Building Gallery will show 'History of the Ferry Building Gallery’ from February 18-23. A morning and afternoon Historic Walking Tour will be conducted through the Ambleside/Hollybum area on Saturday, February 22 with the District of West Vancouver Heritage Achievement Awards being presented at the West Vancover Museum in the interval between tours. Our Society’s Honourary Archivist and local historian, Rupert Harrison will be giving a special presentation, 'The History of the Ferry Building’, at the Ferry Building Gallery on Friday, February 21 at 7pm. The Dundarave Cafe will be celebrating with ‘Heritage Pub Week’, all week, and the Beach House Cafe will be holding a ‘Heritage Evening at the Beachouse’ on Wednesday, February 20. The last event of this extended Heritage week will be our General Meeting, Wed., February 26 at 7pm, when Robert Watt, Chief Herald of Canada, was scheduled to speak on the History of West Vancouver's Coat of Arms. Unfortunately he has had to cancel this engagement because of official duties arising unexpectedly. In his place, our Archive Volunteer Coordinator, Mary Chapman, will help us celebrate Heritage Week in West Vancouver by portraying the role that the Lawson family has played in West Vancouver’s early years. NEXT GENERAL MEETING Will be held on Wednesday, February 26, 1997 at 7pm in the Activity Room of the West Vancouver Senior Activity Centre, 695 21st Street (entrance off Fulton Avenue, between 21st and 22nd Street). All Visitors Welcome. FEATURE PRESENTATION ‘West Vancouver’s Lawson Family’ Mary Chapman is arguably our preeminent authority on the role that the Lawson Family played in West Vancouver's development. Not only has she the benefit of their personal aquaintance during their later years, but through her involvement with our developing Archives, she has personally reviewed their diaries, personal letters, and other family records as well as local newspaper articles of their time. We promise an entertaining evening as Mary welcomes, and receives, interactive participation from the audience. WVMSA John Lawson with a prize colt