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, where the walls are bearing the load of the house. Find out more about the history of this unique and beautiful home and the exciting time in Lynn Valley it was built in, as well as other local stories related to stone.

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!