Monday, February 15, 2010
To the Bridge, To the Mountain

The house at 2832 sits about half way up Capilano Road. It is huddled among the cedar and maple trees and fronted by an over sized rhododendron bush. Few people are recorded as residents. A Building Permit  was applied for August 6, 1958 by the owner Don Hall. The contractor was the Hall Brothers and it cost $13,000. However, the 1960 City Directory lists it as vacant. In 1971 Mrs. Dorothy E. Morrison, a widow, owned the house. In 1980 another Dorothy moved in. This Dorothy was named Herbert and her husband was Euclide J. He was listed as retired in both 1980 and 1991. The response to City Directory inquiries for the 1995/96 edition were "not verified".

Capilano Road lies at the western boarder of the District of North Vancouver. It starts at Welch Street in the Native Lands on Burrard Inlet and climbs the mountain side to end at Montroyal Blvd. Although its name ends there the road continues as Nancy Greene Way leading to the Grouse Mountain Chair Skyride. Three other well known sights are along the way: The Capilano Suspension Bridge, the Capilano Salmon Hatchery, and the Cleveland Dam on Capilano Lake. Capilano Lake supplies approximately 40% of the Lower Mainland's fresh drinking water.

Thank you to Elaine Oakes, RM Clerk Admin. Svcs. NVD.
Demolition Permit: Applied for from North Vancouver District October 2009.
Photo: Taken in November 2009 by SW.
Link: http://www.capbridge.com/index.html
Link: http://www.grousemountain.com/Winter/
Link: http://www.greatervancouverparks.com/ClevelandDam01.html