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President^^s Message Work is continuing on the preparation of the book in celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the founding of West Vancouver. Our board has approved the securing of the services of Francis Mansbridge, author of the recently published book on Hollyburn, as the author of the history of our community. He has worked as a professor, an archivist (including in West Vancouver and North Vancouver) and an author. Under his leadership we are going to hold community meetings in a number of the neighborhoods of West Vancouver to gather pictures and stories not yet contained in our West Vancouver archives. Our first meeting is planned for June in the St. Francis in the Wood church hall at 7:00pm. Coffee and tea will be served. All who have pictures and information of historic Caulfeild are welcome. One of our long standing members, Peter Hall, reminded me of an application for the designation of the Lions Gate Bridge as a National Historic Site. While the West Vancouver Historical Society made the application in 1999 and the final approval came through in 2005, no ceremony has been held to erect a plaque and publicly acknowledge the designation. We are currently working with Peter to ensure the plaque and the recognition ceremony takes place in the near future. Elaine Graham and the Point Atkinson Lighthouse Sub-Committee have been successful in persuading the Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans to provide the funds to ensure the Radio Room was rebuilt and preserved. The committee will now consider ^next steps' in the preservation of the site. Two wonderful speakers have been asked to speak at our May and June meetings. Jim Taylor will be speaking about his preparation of a biography on Dal Richards. Don Grant will be once again making his presentation in June on the Diamond Head Chalet history. The Historical Society hopes you can make at least one of the sessions. MMMM ^^Diamond Head Chalet; A Familv^s Tourney^*^ Guest speaker: Donald Grant, Archivist Historian of the Hollyburn Heritage Society and Hollyburn Ridge Association. On June 17th, 2009, Hollyburn Heritage Society archivist/historian, Donald Grant, will be Page Two Cont'd. next column. Diamond Head Chalet - cont'd. presenting the video, "Diamond Head Chalet: A Family's Journey" at the West Vancouver Seniors' Centre. The first show will start at 7:00 p.m.. There will be a second show at 8:30 p.m.. The 56 minute video includes rare 16 mm colour movie film shot in Garibaldi Provincial Park during the 1940's, many photos and slides taken during the 1940's, '50's, and '60's, and video of the Brandvold/Mathews/Gambioli family reunion at the Diamond Head Chalet site in September, 2007. Garibaldi Provincial Park was established in 1927. Its many outstanding peaks and glaciers have made it a mountaineers' paradise attracting many visitors, none more than the Brandvold brothers, Ottar and Emil, and Joan Mathews. During the late 1930's and 40's, Ottar and Emil built a number of cabins on Hollyburn. Joan was an active skier and Hollyburn cabin owner. \Joan Mathews. Hollyburn Mountain, circa 1937 (Joan Mathews Collection) In the early 1940's, Joan, Ottar and Emil formed a partnership and worked out a plan to build a number of mountain chalets in Garibaldi Provincial Park, linked together by trails. During summer seasons they searched for the best building sites and ultimately chose Elfin Lakes as the location of their first chalet. (Plans to build other chalets in the provincial park never materialized.) At first, horses were used to drag logs and other supplies along a rough mountain track to the building site. Later a road was built to bring in guests and supplies. Horses near High Point on the Diamond Head Chalet trail, late 1940's 1950 (Joan Mathews Collection) Cont'd. page Three.