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Time Traveller: The 'Grandview Gang' roamed the wilds of North Van 100 years ago

This cabin used to sit along Mosquito Creek, back when the area was an isolated location that housed small logging operations
Mosquito Creek cabin

This photo shows one of the cabins that used to sit along Mosquito Creek more than 100 years ago. According to the memories of early North Van resident Jim Galozo, Mosquito Creek was a quiet, isolated place with small hand-logging operations, that specialized in poles and shingle bolts.

At the time that this 1922 photo was taken, four or five cabins like the one pictured graced the banks of Mosquito Creek, up as far as District Firehall #3.

The location of this cabin was at the extreme eastern edge of present-day Highlands Elementary School. Left to right: Jim McFarlane, Jock Hutchinson, Bert Vance, and Bob Somerville, who called themselves “the Grandview Gang.”

Visit the MONOVA website for more information about the history of the North Shore and to plan your visit to MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver, now open at 115 West Esplanade in The Shipyards.

Currently, MONOVA: Archives of North Vancouver ,at 3203 Institute Road in Lynn Valley, is open by appointment only. Contact: archives@monova.ca

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