A Zoom presentation on the history of Navvy Jack House is taking place on Monday, February 1, 2021, as part of the Local History Unplugged series at North Shore ElderCollege.

West Vancouver Historical Society’s Laura Anderson and family historian Brenda L. Smith, will tell the story of the house and the campaign to preserve it, and how the research undertaken to support the campaign added significantly to the historic record here at home and around the province.

To attend the session you must first join North Shore ElderCollege ($10) and then register for the event ($10).

To join and register, click here.

For more information, please call 778.246.6737 or send an email to info@nseldercollege.org.

Navvy Jack House, shown here in 1957. Built in 1873, the structure is the oldest building in West Vancouver and the oldest continually occupied residence in the Lower Mainland. John 'Navvy Jack' Thomas's marriage to Sla-wiya, granddaughter of Chief Kiepalano, is the first formal union of indigenous and immigrant peoples here. Photo courtesy of West Vancouver Archives.