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Mapping Change in West Vancouver ... by Reto Tschan, wv Archivist West Vancouver's development over the course of its 107 year history can be traced in many different kinds of records. Study old photographs, listen to oral histories, or read the earliest newspapers, and what is striking is the extent to which West Vancouver has grown. From several small communities of perhaps 700 year round residents, to a bustling suburb of more than 42,000, just over a century of development has transformed West Vancouver. One of the best ways of visualizing this change is by looking at maps. West Vancouver Archives holds a number of historic maps, acquired from various District departments and from private donors. One of our earliest maps, from 1907, shows newly divided lots from an expired timber lease up for auction in the Ambleside and Sentinel Hill areas. At the time, this area was little more than cleared forest slopes. As though to emphasize its pioneering credentials, at some point the map was stitched onto an old cloth. Around the same time, pioneers like Francis W. Caulfeild were tracing the first roads and drawing up plans for settlement. His hand- drawn map of 1904-1906, which alongside roads and trails identifies especially large trees and stumps, conveys in its simplicity how these trails were literally scratched into the surrounding forest. Caption: Caulfeild map (part), 1907 (054.WVA.CAU). # - f"_ Caption: Plan of Provincial Government Property being a Sub-Division of a Portion of Expired Timber Lease Situated in North Vancouver, c.1907 6