This photo from 1915 shows the District of North Vancouver Fire Hose Station for the North Lonsdale Fire Brigade. It was located on St. James at Lonsdale Avenue. You can see the base of the hose tower at the left of the photograph. Hose towers were used for hanging fire hoses to dry after use.
The then all-volunteer fire brigade had several older school boys (teens) on its roster. One of its volunteers recalled, “we were a very efficient brigade, largely because it got us out of school when the fire-bell rang.”
At the time of this photo, J. Newton Sykes was the fire chief.
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