Wartime Archives - MONOVA

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”

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

_____ 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

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

Actor-Interpreters Chantal Gallant, Taylor Williams and Tanner Zerr star in "MONOVA: Stories of Belonging on the North Shore" available on The VR Voyage and through QR codes in the Museum of North Vancouver.

Collections, Exhibits, Indigenous, Shipyards, Wartime, Women

“Stories of Belonging on the North Shore” launches on The VR Voyage

Jim Beatties’ Air Cadet Pass. Photo: NVMA Fonds 41, File 3.

Remembrance Day Letters: Jim Beattie’s Journey Home

Five women shop stewards in Burrard Dry Dock canteen. Nancy Baker, second from right. 1942. NVMA 8073

Women Making History: Working in the Shipyards

Archives, Education, Exhibits, Wartime, Women

Learning from Women And Wartime