Deep Cove Crier Archive

Over the winter months, rain always seems to be in the forecast here on the North Shore.

Lucien Campeau is like a kid in a candy store, standing inside an old ranger station built in 1948 at the base of Mount Seymour. This Heritage Centre houses vast amounts of memorabilia and documents dating back to the early BC Parks days.

Gallant Avenue and the National Library of Canada both display whimsical illustrations from an artist who has been harnessing his creativity in the Cove since he was a child. Charles van Sandwyk is well-known for his skill at anthropomorphizing.

The owners of the new Deep Cove General Store, Caroline James and Jessica Jobst-Smith, pulled back the curtain for the Crier in January, revealing plans to bring the shuttered corner store back to life.

The Deep Cove Tennis Club celebrated its 20th anniversary during an awards dinner at Seymour Golf & Country Club in October. The club was founded in 1997 to provide a framework for adult-orientated community tennis in the Deep Cove area.

The Crab Shop has been a fixture in the Seymour area since the 1960s, originating on the Dollarton mudflats.

I grew up in Deep Cove – I’m pretty lucky to be able to say that. It was and is a great place to be a kid. I lived just below Gus’ Hardware, my family’s business, next to The Raven. My dad grew up on Panorama Drive.

Many people in Deep Cove think of Cove Cliff school as having always been there. But some old-timers can remember when the site was known as Skunk Hollow – a flat patch of land that had once been used as a baseball diamond.

Wilfred and Marjorie Fawcett purchased McLintock Insurance (founded 1932) in Deep Cove in 1969. It didn’t take too long to become Fawcett Insurance. It was an old building that had once housed a school on Gallant Avenue.

Stong’s came home to the Seymour area last spring because operating grocery stores is in Cori Bonina’s blood.