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Archives Acquires Local Artist Dorothy Pollitt's Watercolours Dorothy Pollitt did not do things by halves. Whether it was racing her canoe down the Fraser River, hiking in the North Shore Mountains, or creating works of art, Dorothy was a real powerhouse. When she volunteered to paint the plants, flowers and trees found at Lighthouse Park she brought the same energy to bear: spending countless hours collecting samples and roping in her daughter Susan to help. The results, a series of striking watercolours, were recently donated by her son, John Pollitt, to the West Vancouver Archives. photography. Dorothy also made her own doll houses, furniture and clothing, which were sold at Woodward's. Music was also a big part of Dorothy's life; she played piano, guitar and banjo, and sang with the North Shore Light Opera for many years. Once her children had grown, Dorothy found more time to engage her passion for the outdoors and for canoeing. Dorothy's adventures included paddling on British Columbia's Pacific coastline, winning the two-day Hope to the Pacific canoe race along the Fraser River, and paddling the length of the Mackenzie River to the Beaufort Sea -- which she swam in -- plus many other trips Dorothy (Bernays) with the Dogwood Canoe Pollitt was born in Club. An avid hiker, Wild Tiger Lily by Dorothy Pollitt West Vancouver in Dorothy spent many 1912. After time weekends on Hollyburn Ridge, building the family cabin and spent in Edinburgh, Dorothy and her mother exploring -- often on skis -- with family and returned to West Vancouver after her father, friends, including the Burfields. It was in the a Commander in the Royal Navy, was killed local mountains that Dorothy discovered a in 1917. She met her future husband in the love for the natural world, and especially for late 1920s among the small houses that once botany, eventually becoming involved with lined Ambleside Beach. Busy raising a the Vancouver Natural History Society. In family, Dorothy nonetheless found time to this she was able to combine her artistic express her creativity. Naturally gifted, she talents with her love of nature: had taken up drawing at a young age. Always photographing and sketching plants she saw creating something, she became on her hikes The accomplished at sketching, painting, and page 4