20th Century Archives - MONOVA

Guest Curator Nadin Hassan in MONOVA's Feature Exhibit Gallery. Photo: Alison Boulier

20th Century, Collections, Community, Shipyards, Work/Commerce

You Are Here @ The Shipyards traces the evolution of North Vancouver’s waterfront

A view of a dock at the foot of Lonsdale Avenue, with leisure boats and Cates tugs docked in the foreground, and a SeaBus arriving at the terminal in the background, November 1978. Photo: Bruce Flanagan, NVMA 160-168

20th Century, Shipyards, Wartime, Work/Commerce

MONOVA announces new exhibition “You Are Here @ The Shipyards”

Large group of hikers on top of Grouse Mountain. G.G. Nye, lower right. Many identified on back of NVMA 56. Photo: NVMA 55

20th Century, Archives, Collections, Exhibits, Outdoors

New Mobile Exhibit Explores The Lure of the Mountains

Jack Cash and camera/tripod mounted on top of a Buick automobile outside the Empire Pool at University of British Columbia, 1955. NVMA 10432

20th Century, Archives, Photography, Wartime

Explore North Vancouver through the lens of Jack Cash

First women to be employed at Burrard Dry Dock in sheet metal shop during World War 2. Front row, L.to R: ?, Eleanor Morfitt, Robert Logan, ?. Back row: ?, ?, ?, Claudia Eckstein. Victory ships in background. Photo: NVMA 12384

20th Century, Shipyards, Wartime

CityStudio Stories: The Rich Shipbuilding Legacy of The Shipyards

Chief Dan George. Image: Museum of Anthropology

20th Century, First Nations, Indigenous

Chief Dan George’s Lament for Confederation

_____ and Kelsey Ranshaw as The Shipyard Pals. Photo: ____

20th Century, Community, Entertainment, Shipyards, Wartime, Women

Explore North Vancouver’s shipbuilding history with the Shipyard Pals

Archives and Community Engagement Intern Alec Postlethwaite reviews historical photos with Harold Enqvist Jr. following an oral history interview. Photo: Jessica Bushey

20th Century, Archives, Collections, Outdoors, Photography

Skis upon Seymour’s Slopes: Mapping Mount Seymour

Hockey historian Chris Mizzoni at MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver next to a replica Norvans sweater, 23 April 2022. Photo: Alison Boulier

20th Century, Community, Outdoors, Shipyards, Wartime

Boosting Morale During Wartime: The Vancouver Shipyards Norvans

Bob Muckle, archaeologist and professor at Capilano University. Photo: Alison Boulier

20th Century, Exhibits, Immigration, Wartime

Bob Muckle is Bringing Stories To Life