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10, 2297 Marine Drive Turn left at 23 Street and vralk north to I'^Iarine Drive. The small cottage in the north-east corner of 25 Street and Karine Drive is an expansion of a smaller place nnce occupied by John Innes. an artist of some renovm who specialized in depicting the life of the early Indians. Ris murals of Simon Fraser’s expedition down the Fraser River once decorated the walls of the main floor of Spencer’s Department Store in Vancouver. Spencer’s later became Eaton's and is now Sear’s). The murals are now on display in one of the P.N.E. Buildings. 11. 2555 Karine Drive You will now move along I-Iarine Drive to the V/est. Again you will note a considerable variation in housing styles. Your map indicates that, as late as 1939, only half the housing sites were occupied. The source of this information is the water hook-up cards, which may be inaccurate in that v/hen a house was demolished for a new structure, a new water card was sometimes begun and the old card thrown out. Also, West Vancouver’s water system was not opened until 1916 so that this is the earliest date shown. 2555 Karine deserves attention. It was built in 1916 by an architect. Hr. Hugh A. Hodgson who also designed the first St. Stephen’s Church, now demolished; the first addition to the City Hall; and the second home of Hr. and I-Irs. B.R. Harrison at 2587 King’s Avenue. You will see this house later.' He also designed Pauline Johnson School, 12. The Mulberry Tree at 24 Street and Ifeirine Drive The Sweetman family planted this mulberry tree in 1922. When the Esso Station was to be built at the corner of 24 Street and Marine, the tree was in jeopardy. It stood on station property and cut down on available parking. The Parks Branch, through lir. Morgan and Mr. Berger, worked to preserve the tree and were able to persuade Esso to leave it standing. They then persuaded Park and Tflford to award Esso a citation. Esso \isls pleased that its co-operation was recognized; citizens should be pleased that a beautiful tree still stands. In 1979, when Hanley and Company decided to build the present structure on the corner, it was possible to make the preservation of the tree a condition of the permit. It is important that, in preserving this tree, the Parks Branch has set a precedent. Now any owner who thinks he has a tree of special merit on his property can request that the Parks Branch maintain it. If Council decides that the tree is special. Parks will maintain it.