West Vancouver Heritage

Spuraway Heritage Gem!

Jenny Morgan, one of our North Shore Heritage bloggers, and myself share more than a name. We also love old buildings, photography, gardening and on June 21, 2022, we both independently “discovered” Spuraway Gardens at 235 Keith Road in West Vancouver. We missed each other by a few hours but were both super excited to have found this Heritage Gem! Spuraway Gardens is a townhouse development in West Vancouver that was part of the 1960’s “Garden Apartment” urban development trend. But when the developers bought the property, it came with an even older piece of history – Spuraway Lodge, a 1911 log cabin with an impressive list of famous owners/local socialites, who contributed to the development of the North Shore and the lodge itself. If only those walls could talk!

Co-Ownership Saves Historic Horseshoe Bay Cottages

Horseshoe Bay and the heritage world are a lot richer due to the passion, innovative thinking and persistence of a group of individuals who came together to save 8 beautiful historic cottages in their community. The co-ownership model saved the day.