Ever wonder what the North Shore used to look like?

It goes without saying that the North Shore has a rich and storied history. But some may not know what that history actually looked like.

More interesting (for some of us, anyway) is just how past North Shore looks compared to the North Shore of today. Thanks to North Vancouver Museum & Archives, we have a better idea. Below are a series of images from our past (all courtesy of the NVMA), contrasted with photos of today, taken by North Shore News photographers.

Some things have changed dramatically. Others have hardly changed at all. Enjoy.

(Originally posted to the North Shore News website http://www.nsnews.com/community/check-it-out-pictures-of-the-north-shore-then-and-now-1.1133187)

THEN: 166 East 10th St., 1982

 photo archive #6062

NOW

THEN: 2536 Bellevue Ave., 1975

 photo archive #4545

NOW

THEN: 758 and 760 Lonsdale Ave., 1964

 photo archive #9566

NOW

THEN: Foot of Lonsdale Avenue, 1908

 photo archive #458

NOW

THEN: Lonsdale below Esplanade, 1925

 photo archive #2006

NOW

THEN: Mason Temple, 1950

 photo archive #554

NOW

THEN: North and West Vancouver ferry wharves, 1919

 photo archive #3425

NOW

THEN: Post office at Lonsdale Avenue and First Street, 1950

 photo archive #12969

NOW

THEN: 209 West Fourth St., 1975

 photo archive #14053

NOW

THEN: 1300-block Marine Drive, West Vancouver, 1930

 photo archive #4194

NOW

THEN: 1541 Esquimalt Ave., 1934

 photo archive #3739

NOW