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Paged WEST VANCOUVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY September 1997 SOCIETY NEWS --------------------------------- Current Affairs and News of General Interest to Members EDI TORIAL COMMENT â-  SPEC JAL EVENTS AC TIVITIES The History of West Vancouver Forestry Summer Outing at Gibsons In this day of “tree buggers” and the never ending “Logger, thou Shalt not &11 that tree!” (or any tree for that matter), we thought it time for a series of articles on the history of logging in West Vancouver. From 1870 to 1970 logging was the main industry in our community and in the early days, the chief employer of West Vancouver residents. At one time our conimu-nity was ‘clear cut’ from the Capilano to Horseshoe Bay. Since 1985 the one time Choker Chaser, Hugh Johnston, has been assembling information on the history of this industry in West \^ncouver. He has agreed, with help from the eager Whistle Punk, lola Knight, to draw on this resevoir of information for a random series of articles on the Who, What, When, Where and How of timber operatioris in our community. The plan for this series, to be called ‘From the Choker Chaser & Whistle Punk*, developed out of the cooperation between Hugh and lola on the article ‘The Hand Dug Ditches of Hollyburn ’ which appeared in our last issue. The follow up, ‘The Nasmyth System of Moving Logs on Hollyburn appears on page 7 of this issue and probably can be considered the second in the series. Hhe Museum Qift Sfiop !From (Befiind the Counter Several of the items brought in for the current exhibit at the West Vancouver Museum& Archives, FIRE! A HISTORY FIRE FIGHTING IN WEST VAN^ have proven extremely popular. The prints of West Vancouver's vintage fire trucks by acclaimed graphic artist Robert Banks have drawn a great deal of interest. West Vancouver plate coUecters should be pleased to know that several are available in this medimn. One of the &stest moving items has been the FIRE HALL FAVOURITES cookbook, by John Pentland. A collection of the most popular recipes of the former UBC Fire Fighters, it is proving a popular fund raiser for our Society at $5. Possibly the most popular item of the season has been the Rustic Bird House, a spare time creation of a prominent member of our Society. Also a fund raiser, demand continues to outpace supply. Hopefully, the supply will continue! The weatherman was kind to our 27 Society members who ventured into the wilds of the Sunshine Coast. We had a pleasant cruise across the calm waters of Howe Sound, a short bus ride to Gibsons, then a very nice lunch at Molly’s Reach. This little hang-out of the “The Beachcombers” TV show has been renovated and enlarged, but still has the familiar atmosphere. Just three short blocks and we were at the Elphinstone Pioneer Museum, where we met Curator Lola Westall. She treated us to a tour through what must surely be one of the smallest, but most interesting, of museums. The displays included many unusual items, nearly all donated from residents of the Sunshine Coast. The wide variety of artifacts, historic memorabilia, pictures and photographs were cleverly organized, some in theme or period displays, others retaining the format of the originai collector. We left with the impression of a vigourous community involvement with the museum. We look forward to another visit WARING Historical Society Lunches at Molly's Reach Port Day at Waterfront Park, North Van Sunday September 2f II am-4 pm This year our display will not be in the Pacific Marine Training Centre as in the past but will be in one of the tents on the grass at Waterfront Park in North Vancouver, between the Seabus Terminal and Forbes Avenue. At present we do not have a tent number but will have this information in the program. The date this year ties in with the Heritage Weekend and by combining our efforts with those of the Heritage Advisory Commission we hope to enhance our display and information booth. We again look forward to a good turnout and sunny weather for what is rightfully part of om Heritage celebrations. Laureen Jones - Dbector, Special Events