North Vancouver's Lonsdale Neighbourhood (Historic Canada)

North Vancouver occupies one of the worldÂ’s most scenic urban settings. Lonsdale Avenue, running from the waters of Burrard Inlet to the mountains of the Coast Range, is the communityÂ’s de facto main street. In early 1903, Alfred St. George Hamersley

purchased a substantial parcel of land from Henry Heywood Lonsdale and James Pemberton FellÂ’s Lonsdale Estate. HamersleyÂ’s property, called the Town of Lonsdale, later became the town site of North Vancouver. In North VancouverÂ’s early years, Lonsdale Avenue was the spine along which the community developed. Lonsdale is still North VancouverÂ’s most important street and acts as the main artery for commercial, political, and social life. Through rare vintage photographs illustrating how people lived, played, and worked, North VancouverÂ’s Lonsdale Neighbourhood explores the communityÂ’s fascinating history.