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Hollvburn Ridge Vignettes - cont^d. obstreperous participants, bears needed shooting if they were too cheeky and many other strange incidents which happened from time to time. The names of the cabins "Valhalla", "Dog House", "Challenger Inn", "Stone Hut' I can recall to mind. were quite original, "Dun Romin", ^ "Belle Chers", that There was the Vancouver Ski Club cabin on the east side of the lake and of course the Ski Camp on the west side, where all the dances were held. It had a Coffee Shop at one end and the main room was quite large, 60 feet by 40 feet. Skiers took their lunch in there and dried off their mitts and jackets at the "big drum heater" during the day. On Saturday night it came alive with records playing, Schottisches, Polkas and Hambos, with enthusiastic mountain people and their heavy boots pounding the poor floor boards to pieces. Besides the dances, there were parties - work parties, stag pai-ties, shower parties and others too numerous to mention. For instance, a stove packing party was called a "two bottle party" and a cabin moving party was a "10 bottle" party. Then of course the wood-cutting parties, for the wood, to be used in the heaters and stoves. Usually these were felled in the Spring and dragged close to the cabin to save a lot of packing in the Fall and Winter months. More about Hollyburn in the next issue! A Reply to A Few Observations From Peter J. Hall Permit me as the contributor of the March History- Onics item on the first West Vancouver ferry, to answer Barrie Gilmour's query in the May issue. The eight West Vancouver ferries in order of entering service were: 1. West Vancouver* 2. Sea Foam* 3. Doncella 4. Sonrisa 5. West Vancouver #5 6. West Vancouver #6 7. Bonabelle - 1909 - 1911 - 1912 (replaced 1 & 2 above). - 1913 - 1914 (sunk in collision February 1935). - 1925 - 1935 (a replacement for the #5). - 1936 8. Hollyburn *Note: These vessels were acquired and put in service by the West Vancouver Transportation Company, a private company owned by John Lawson, W.C. Thompson, J.W. Sinclair and Robert Macpherson. They were acquired by the Municipality of West Vancouver shortly after its incorporation in 1912. Back When.....& From Early Residents By Tony Cox, from the Lions Bay Historical Society From the files of The Vancouver Province 50 Years Ago - April 27**», 1909. RAILWAY - Work and clearing the right of way north of Squamish for the Howe Sound & Northern Railway began this morning and by the time it will be completed and in operation throughout its seven miles length the sum of $275,000 will have been expended on construction and equipment. RESORT - Brunswick Beach, on Howe Sound, is Vancouver's newest pleasure resort and summer home retreat. Lots can be obtained from Bishop Brothers, in the Loo Building, corner of Abbott and Hastings for $1.00 down and $1.00 a week. Full prices range from $100.00 to $250.00. And the Vancouver Sun: Tuesday, March 11**», 1958 It had to come. And it will immensely benefit the immense majority of people. But let not the road to Squamish be built with no tear shed for the lonely silence that made Howe Sound a sanctuary. Tall timbered and unscarred mountains rose high above Sunset, Alberta Bay and Brunswick Beach. The Union boats used to stop at Brunswick when the pier was there, long before the house on the point burned down, (see picture below). Later, it was outboards, rented from the still unexploited Horseshoe Bay. The many will come along that gaudy gash on the mountainside. Farewell, Howe Sound. The few bequeath you to the many. To progress. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ The West Vancouver Police - The Early Days The following is Part Two of excerpts taken from an interview held by Rupert A. Harrison with Chief Hailstone in 1980. Rupert: Your background in Police work was basically the association you had in Britain with your father and Cont'd. page four. Page 3