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NORTH SHORE HERITAGE
NORTH SHORE HERITAGE
In the vaults of the MONOVA archives lies a memoir by Maurice G. Baker, a former pupil of Kingsley School for boys in North Vancouver. Long since closed, Baker spent two years there as a boarder from 1922 to 1924. Founded by Albert Henry Scriven in 1919, Kingsley School occupied ten acres at St Mary’s Avenue in Upper Lonsdale. Read on to learn more about schooling in North Vancouver in the early 20th century, in Maurice Baker’s own words!
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Did you know the North Shore has only one house built of stone? There are many houses that use stone cladding, but aren’t structurally built of stone. There was a quarry on the North Shore, but it was used for commercial buildings and large structures like bridges, not generally for homes. Find out more about this unique home as well as other local stories related to stone.