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MAY 18, 2016 WEST VANCOUVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOL. 13, NO. 2 What's Inside Hollyburn Lodge Update pages 4&5 Hodgson Family Photos page 7 6 pages of digital Extras West Vancouver Memories 22 ; -- - -, - Washed out western approach to the Capilano Bridge in November 1949. 49.036.WVA.BPP West Vancouver, an Island for 10 Days On November 26, 1949, a violent fall rainstorm turned the Capilano River into a raging torrent. The flow quickly swept away the western approaches to the Capilano Bridge, the only access from West Vancouver to the rest of civilization. Hundreds of cars, buses and trucks were stranded on either side of the washout. continued on page 3 -- .... -- -- -- - q -- --