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Home
About
WHO WE ARE
HISTORY & VISION
OUR ACTIVITIES
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MEMBERSHIP
GET INVOLVED
BECOME A SPONSOR
DONATE
THE NORTH SHORE
A BRIEF HISTORY
THEN AND NOW
Resources
WHAT IS HERITAGE?
HERITAGE GLOSSARY
PHOTO ARCHIVES
HOW-TO-GUIDE
HERITAGE LINKS
COMMUNITY FORUM
TRADES DIRECTORY
MAINTAIN YOUR HOME
RESEARCH YOUR HOME
PROTECT YOUR HOME
ADDING YOUR HOME TO THE HERITAGE REGISTER
WHAT IS AN HRA?
THE HRA PROCESS IN BRIEF
HRA EXAMPLES
MUNICIPAL DESIGNATION
TIPS FOR BUYING A HERITAGE HOUSE
COMMON ISSUES
NSH HERITAGE GRANT PROGRAM
Success Stories
HODSON BLOCK
VINSON HOUSE
TOBY HOUSE
VANCE RESIDENCE
825 RIDGEWAY AVENUE
EMERY HOUSE
KINGS WALK
YOUNG-HENDERSON RESIDENCE
MCNAIR RESIDENCE
OTTAWA GARDENS SHOW HOME
EVENTS
BLOG
CONTACT
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  • May 2025
    • May 16, 2025 Norgate Park: Across The Bridge to Modern Living
  • April 2025
    • Apr 25, 2025 The Dollar in Dollarton
    • Apr 6, 2025 The St George Ferry
  • March 2025
    • Mar 15, 2025 The Poor Man's Cow (Goats of North Vancouver)
  • February 2025
    • Feb 22, 2025 Colonial Apartments
    • Feb 16, 2025 Pastimes in Past Times
  • January 2025
    • Jan 10, 2025 Ernest and Piper’s Moodyville Adventure
  • December 2024
    • Dec 19, 2024 Merry Christmas from Walter Draycott
    • Dec 4, 2024 The Jewel in the Green Necklace
  • November 2024
    • Nov 11, 2024 The Timeless Pink Palace
  • October 2024
    • Oct 24, 2024 Musical Memory Lane
    • Oct 5, 2024 Striking It Lucky
  • September 2024
    • Sep 14, 2024 Taylor Made
  • July 2024
    • Jul 31, 2024 North Shore Tent Homes
    • Jul 12, 2024 The Kilbys of Caulfeild
  • June 2024
    • Jun 22, 2024 A Froth of Flowers
  • May 2024
    • May 30, 2024 The Art & Archaeology of a Buried Skatepark
    • May 10, 2024 Rudyard Kipling’s Speculative Investments
  • April 2024
    • Apr 19, 2024 Sidetracked on a Side Street
  • March 2024
    • Mar 27, 2024 Hendry Hall – Community Builder Extraordinaire
    • Mar 15, 2024 Beautiful Blackadder Buildings
  • February 2024
    • Feb 16, 2024 Blackadder Goes Forth. Not ‘Edmund’, but Henry!
  • January 2024
    • Jan 31, 2024 Breeze Block Bandwagon
    • Jan 5, 2024 Hiding in Plain Sight: North Van's Recycled Churches
  • December 2023
    • Dec 15, 2023 Old-Fashioned Christmas
  • November 2023
    • Nov 24, 2023 Bridge over Burrard's Water
    • Nov 7, 2023 Wings to Your Heels
  • October 2023
    • Oct 21, 2023 The Mystery of the Marble Lady
    • Oct 10, 2023 The Legacy of the 2nd WV Boy Scouts
  • September 2023
    • Sep 22, 2023 John Linn and his Promised Land!
    • Sep 12, 2023 Arthur Diplock's Electric Sawmill
  • August 2023
    • Aug 26, 2023 185 E. Keith Rd: Classically Beautiful
    • Aug 10, 2023 Putting the Grand in Grand Boulevard!
  • July 2023
    • Jul 20, 2023 The Evolution of the Corner Store
    • Jul 8, 2023 Pemberton Ave: A Mid-Century Celebration of Colour and Walkability
  • June 2023
    • Jun 29, 2023 Lewis Through The Decades
    • Jun 9, 2023 Donald Hings: The Philadelphia Experiment
  • May 2023
    • May 26, 2023 James Cooper Keith and the Ubiquitous, Eponymous Keith Road
    • May 13, 2023 "Hello?....It's For You"
  • April 2023
    • Apr 27, 2023 Bungalow Love
    • Apr 8, 2023 404 Somerset - A Tale of Pioneers and Crime Busters!
  • March 2023
    • Mar 31, 2023 North Shore Farm to Table Tradition
    • Mar 18, 2023 The Bent House has a Story to Tell!
    • Mar 4, 2023 The Silk Purse: From Summer Cottage to Vibrant Arts Centre
  • February 2023
    • Feb 18, 2023 Grouse Mountain Chair Lift Adventure
    • Feb 3, 2023 Sewell Prescott Moody - From Good Fortune to Calamity!
  • January 2023
    • Jan 20, 2023 The History Behind the Facade
    • Jan 6, 2023 437 Somerset: A Storied History
  • December 2022
    • Dec 15, 2022 Happy Holidays!
  • November 2022
    • Nov 25, 2022 Lynn Valley General Store…Times Two!
    • Nov 4, 2022 Royal Street Names in Upper Lonsdale
  • October 2022
    • Oct 21, 2022 Wish You Were Here (in Capilano, North Vancouver)
    • Oct 7, 2022 Spuraway Heritage Gem!
  • September 2022
    • Sep 23, 2022 The Origins of Capilano Road
    • Sep 12, 2022 The Legacy of Alfred Wallace
  • August 2022
    • Aug 27, 2022 The Age of the Atomic Garden: Trends that Shaped Gardens in the 1950s
    • Aug 19, 2022 “Snap Shots” into the Life of the Goldsmith-Jones Family
  • July 2022
    • Jul 29, 2022 Tudor Revival Style of Architecture
    • Jul 8, 2022 Street Names in North Vancouver
  • June 2022
    • Jun 24, 2022 Ice Cream, Strawberries and Piano Music: A Celebration of the Front Porch on Vancouver’s North Shore
    • Jun 10, 2022 Doubly Spectacular Heritage Project
  • May 2022
    • May 20, 2022 Happy May Day!
    • May 6, 2022 Sidewalk Talk
  • April 2022
    • Apr 22, 2022 There's No Place Like Gnome: The Story Behind the Storybook Housing Style
    • Apr 8, 2022 The Mystery of the Bottle Dash Stucco House
  • March 2022
    • Mar 26, 2022 Co-Ownership Saves Historic Horseshoe Bay Cottages
    • Mar 10, 2022 A Humble Home for a Mountaineering Icon
  • February 2022
    • Feb 26, 2022 Hip to be Square: The American Foursquare Housing Style on the North Shore
    • Feb 11, 2022 832 Cumberland – “A Sense of Home”
  • January 2022
    • Jan 28, 2022 Moderne Architecture on the North Shore
    • Jan 14, 2022 Heritage Home Moving Day!
  • December 2021
    • Dec 28, 2021 The Past is a Foreign Country
    • Dec 10, 2021 Heritage Apple Orchards
  • November 2021
    • Nov 27, 2021 West Vancouver: Fodder for Len Norris
    • Nov 12, 2021 Craftsman Architecture - Built to Last!
  • October 2021
    • Oct 29, 2021 The Maplewood Mudflats, Dollarton – then and now
    • Oct 15, 2021 "The Cow is Always Right"
    • Oct 1, 2021 My Bob Lewis Odyssey
  • September 2021
    • Sep 16, 2021 Revitalization of the Ottawa Gardens Show Home
    • Sep 2, 2021 Malcolm Lowry: A Dollarton Legacy
  • August 2021
    • Aug 19, 2021 Ridgeway Renovation Champions
    • Aug 13, 2021 Heritage Tree Crusaders
    • Aug 6, 2021 Vestiges of the Past
  • July 2021
    • Jul 30, 2021 Heritage Development at McNair Park
    • Jul 22, 2021 Varley in the Valley
    • Jul 16, 2021 Summer Fun at Dundarave Beach in 1921!
    • Jul 9, 2021 The Story of Park & Tilford Gardens
    • Jul 2, 2021 How a Clever Sub-Division and a Legal Covenant saved a Grand Boulevard Gem!
  • June 2021
    • Jun 25, 2021 Time Travelling at the Shoe Repair Shop
    • Jun 18, 2021 Chiba Gardens
    • Jun 11, 2021 Origin of Sowden Street Name
    • Jun 4, 2021 Kings Walk Heritage Revitalization Success Story
  • May 2021
    • May 28, 2021 West Vancouver’s ‘Movable’ Heritage
    • May 23, 2021 The House as a Home: Livability and Affordability in Fred Hollingworth’s Organic Home Designs
  • April 2021
    • Apr 9, 2021 Creative solution to save heritage house...
  • February 2021
    • Feb 21, 2021 Where do you find heritage? West Coast Modern movement
    • Feb 20, 2021 Where do you find heritage? Ottawa Gardens
    • Feb 19, 2021 Where do you find heritage? Fish Weirs on Capilano River
    • Feb 18, 2021 Where do you find heritage? Old growth trees
    • Feb 17, 2021 A heritage home comes with tradition and history
    • Feb 16, 2021 Where do you find heritage? Grand Boulevard
    • Feb 15, 2021 Where do you find heritage? Horse trough
    • Feb 12, 2021 Heritage Week 2021: Where do you find heritage?
    • Feb 11, 2021 Copper Cottage update
  • January 2021
    • Jan 27, 2021 Free heritage webinars until Feb 15
  • December 2020
    • Dec 21, 2020 Season's Greetings from North Shore Heritage
    • Dec 18, 2020 DNV seeks nominations for Community Heritage Awards
    • Dec 4, 2020 Klee Wyck House facing demolition
  • November 2020
    • Nov 15, 2020 In photos: 2367 Marine Drive leaves West Vancouver
  • October 2020
    • Oct 22, 2020 2367 Marine Drive to be moved to Malcolm Island
  • September 2020
    • Sep 17, 2020 The Case For Retention & Preservation of Navvy Jack House
    • Sep 4, 2020 Navvy Jack House - 147 years of community at risk
    • Sep 3, 2020 West Vancouver home available for relocation
  • July 2020
    • Jul 24, 2020 A future for Navvy Jack House?
    • Jul 16, 2020 Restoration of Cianci House, West Vancouver
  • May 2020
    • May 4, 2020 Heritage Project Alert: Knowles Residence, 328 West 14th Street
  • April 2020
    • Apr 24, 2020 Historic Varley House in Lynn Valley up for sale
  • March 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 Copper Cottage move (videos)
  • February 2020
    • Feb 16, 2020 Heritage Week
  • January 2020
    • Jan 3, 2020 Copper Cottage available for re-location
  • December 2019
    • Dec 20, 2019 Heritage Christmas Party
    • Dec 17, 2019 What West Van must do to save heritage houses
  • September 2019
    • Sep 25, 2019 Two iconic buildings in West Vancouver facing demolition
    • Sep 16, 2019 CNV Heritage Award nominations sought
    • Sep 11, 2019 DNV Heritage Award nominations sought
    • Sep 4, 2019 Proposal for Navvy Jack Nature Centre
  • July 2019
    • Jul 22, 2019 Heritage summer social
  • April 2019
    • Apr 18, 2019 West Vancouver Neighbourhood Character Feedback
  • March 2019
    • Mar 13, 2019 Seeking gardens for 2019 Art in the Garden tour
  • February 2019
    • Feb 18, 2019 West Vancouver seeks funding to restore Ferry Building
  • January 2019
    • Jan 24, 2019 1910 Heritage residence listed for sale
    • Jan 21, 2019 District of North Vancouver Heritage Award nominations
    • Jan 8, 2019 A reminder to check your carbon monoxide alarms
    • Jan 4, 2019 Heritage Christmas Party
  • December 2018
    • Dec 11, 2018 Eco ‘unbuilding’ ensures material from demolished homes is re-used
    • Dec 9, 2018 Very old West Van home comes with a new lease on life
  • October 2018
    • Oct 21, 2018 North Shore Heritage laments loss of Brissenden Park House
    • Oct 1, 2018 DNV Heritage Grants
  • September 2018
    • Sep 28, 2018 DNV Draft Heritage Strategic Plan: Invitation for public input
    • Sep 9, 2018 The BC Mills House Museum at Lynn Headwaters Park
  • July 2018
    • Jul 16, 2018 West Vancouver Heritage Advisory Committee members announced
    • Jul 16, 2018 Heritage Garden Party
  • April 2018
    • Apr 12, 2018 North Shore Heritage AGM
  • March 2018
    • Mar 15, 2018 More action needed to preserve heritage
  • February 2018
    • Feb 27, 2018 West Vancouver Heritage Advisory Committee looking for new members
    • Feb 25, 2018 Heritage Stands the Test of Time: Roberts Residence (c. 1911)
    • Feb 24, 2018 Heritage Stands the Test of Time: West Vancouver Municipal Hall (c. 1964)
    • Feb 23, 2018 Heritage Stands the Test of Time: Ackerman Residence (c. 1912)
    • Feb 22, 2018 Heritage Stands the Test of Time: Storybook Home (c. 1938)
    • Feb 21, 2018 Heritage Stands the Test of Time: The Mitchell House (c. 1965)
    • Feb 20, 2018 Heritage Stands the Test of Time: Rush House (c. 1923)
    • Feb 19, 2018 Heritage Stands the Test of Time: Cole Residence (c. 1910)
    • Feb 16, 2018 Heritage Week 2018: Heritage Stands the Test of Time
  • January 2018
    • Jan 25, 2018 West Vancouver reinstates Heritage Advisory Committee
  • April 2017
    • Apr 10, 2017 Haswell Residence saved from demolition

 

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