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Whytecliffe was long distance. And I think it was a long distance in a number of other ways of course too. And the way of getting out to Whytecliffe is well known to may of you. Nowadays, West Vancouver is so closely tied physically to the big city that I think it is a litde hard to \asualize, for people of my generation particulariy, just how separate and closely kit the litde setdements in West Vancouver were. One of the other things that strikes me, and it is very graphically illustrated in that same Directory is that West Vancouver was made up of a number of litde communities itself and again, the names are familiar to you. But in that Directory there are separate sections for Ambleside, for Hollyburn, for Dundarave, for West Bay, for Caulfeild, for \Vhyteclifre, and I think in a way \Vest Vancouver at the time was sort of like a Christmas tree. You had a string with litde lights along it, these small spots and of course, in the early twenties, the period I have been talking to my father about, the connecting cord was the P.G.E. and as all of you know... it wasn't until the late fifties that Marine Drive was pushed west from Caulfeild which had been the end of it up to that point, and carried onrightout to Whyletclifie. At incorporation in 1912, the population in West Van was about 500, and in 1922 it had grown to 2,000, in 1930 to 8,500. In the lO's and particularly in the early 20's, the Directory makes quite a point of how summer residents, cottagers and campers, even swelled the population of West Van. For example, Dundarave, in 1922, had about 300 permanent residents. In summertime, campers and cottagers swelled the population to 1,000 - over a 300% increase. It is a reminder, a \ ery graphic statistical reminder, of one of the early reasons why permanent residents in West Vancouver used to sell the municipality and talk about its fine points. The fact that it was the nearest, finest summer place with a good climate, lots of sunshine, good beaches, that was close to the big city, (photo of first home of Jenny and George Barker, BeUevue and 20th in 1911) , page 5