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Diamond Head Chalet - cont^d. By the late 1940's, Diamond Head Lodge was open and attracting local, national, and international visitors. Diamond Head Chalet beside Elfin Lakes with Mt. Garibaldi in the background, circa 1950 (foan Mathews Collection) During the next three decades thousands visited the lodge. Summer hikers and back-country skiers explored the compelling landscape that surrounded Elfin Lakes. In the early 1970’s the Brandvolds. retired and BC Parks took over ownership of Diamond Head Chalet. After the Brandvolds left, B.C. Parks took no interest in Diamond Head Lodge and it has slowly deteriorated until it is now probably unrestorable However, B.C. Parks did construct an A-frame hut near the lodge as modest accommodation. It doesn’t have that awesome mountain feeling of the Brandvolds’ lodge. The Great Snowfall of 1965 Submitted by Peter Cherry. The snowfall of last December and January (2008- 2009) falls short of what we received in 1965. We had four to six feet and higher in where it drifted. There was a photograph in the Vancouver Sun showing the street sign at Crestline and Henlow Roads (top of the British Propertiesd) with only the top two feet showing above the snow! Snowfall of 1965 Cont'd. next column. Great Snowfall - contM. This was before we had a fire station on Cross Creek Road. To save time responding in those extreme conditions. Fire Chief Flint McKim borrowed a fire truck from the Provincial Fire Marshall's Office. Chief McKim stationed the truck at the top of the British properties. Mr. Marv Wilson offered his driveway, in front of his home at 1042 Eyremont to park the truck and his basement rec room to billet the three man crew. From January 3^^ to January 12‘h, there was a three man day shift and night shift. Each shift was made up with one professional fire fighter and two volunteer fire fighters. The day shift had the task of locating and digging out the fire hydrants and marking them with a bamboo pole. Several flat roof homes were damaged when the snow started melting. The following fire fighters Prosessional Les Butler Joe Callegari Tom Fleming Ron James Joe Libicz Art Ridley Gerry McDowell Ken Tiderington Bob Tocher Bill Weeks made up the shifts: Volunteer Cecil Bean Peter Cherry Lome Colpitts Bas Collins Bert Galpin Ron Grisdale Jim Hewitt Floyd Hill A1 Jamieson Marty Link Mel McMullen A1 Swanson Dave Swanson Barry Webber "Signs never lie, and the sign on the carport of Marvin Wilson clearly reads 'No. 4 Fire Hall'. The Wilson's residence at 1042 Eyermont in West Vancouver was selected as an emergency fire hall because of it's convenience - half way up the mountain. West Vancouver firemen poised for any emergency are Lome Colpitts, Bill Weeks and Jim Hewitt. Page Three.