In the days it was known as Shaketown, Lynn Valley was home to several mill sites, mill ponds, flumes and skid roads, and was populated by mill workers of all occupations.
Here is an image of a group of those mill workers, taken ca. 1907, posing outside of a mill site. Note the dogs posed with the men, and the cook showing off his loaves of bread on the far left of the shot.
While the Shaketown era ended in the 1920s as commercial logging slowed, remnants of Lynn Valley’s logging history remain scattered about the forest today.
Visit the MONOVA website for more information about the history of the North Shore and to plan your visit to MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver, now open at 115 West Esplanade in The Shipyards.
Currently, MONOVA: Archives of North Vancouver, at 3203 Institute Road in Lynn Valley, is open for drop-ins on Monday and by appointment Tuesday-Friday, 12:30-4 p.m. Contact: [email protected]
Navigate culture on the North Shore by using the North Shore Culture Compass.
