News and Announcements

 

The latest Time Traveller column is now available. Previous articles are also linked from this page.
 
   

 
The Archives will be closed for the holidays from December 23 to January 3. We will reopen for our regular public hours on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from 1:00 to 4:30 pm on January 4, 2012. Happy holidays!
 
Our searchable database is now available online! Use the Archives Search to find descriptions of our holdings and more than 2,000 scanned photographs and documents. We're always adding new content so be sure to check back regularly!
 
The West Vancouver Historical Society publication "Cottages to Community" is now available. Documenting the history of neighbourhoods in West Vancouver, the book features photographs from the Archives, and makes the perfect gift during 2012, West Vancouver's centennial anniversary year. "Cottages to Community" is available for purchase at the West Vancouver Museum gift shop and other locations throughout the community.
 
 
Photo credit: West Vancouver Archives. Joseph B. Leyland fonds. 123.WVA.LEY Spectators at the opening of the Lions Gate Bridge, November 12, 1938.