These plans from 1908 are for Grand Boulevard, a suburban garden development in a residential section of the City of North Vancouver.
North Vancouver's most prominent garden subdivision was designed to attract affluent and prominent families to the North Shore.
The North Vancouver Land and Improvement Company initiated planning and development in 1906. Following the lessons of the disastrous fires caused by that year's San Francisco earthquake, Grand Boulevard was laid out as a generous firebreak.
For more information about the history of the North Shore and to learn about the new Museum of North Vancouver opening in late-2020, visit nvma.ca and sign up for the museum’s e-newsletter at bit.ly/35MWr83.
Currently, the Archives of North Vancouver at 3203 Institute Rd. in Lynn Valley is open by appointment only. Contact: archives@dnv.org
