Where Mountains Meet the Sea commemorates the 125th anniversary of the
District of North Vancouver's incorporation as a municipality. Combining
hundreds of illustrations with the personal accounts of residents and a
lively text, the book presents the story of North Vancouver in all its
colour and complexity.
Instead of a conventional chronological narrative, Where Mountains Meet
the Sea divides the story of North Vancouver's development into three
major parts: 1) the origins of the community, its First Nations
residents and the development of its waterfront; 2) the political and
cultural evolution of the community; and 3) the development of the
mountain resorts and the creation of the many parks which characterize
the North Shore.
From the District's auspicious beginnings with the sawmill at Moodyville
dominating the industry of Burrard Inlet, through the postwar population
boom that saw the municipality evolve from a suburb of Vancouver into a
bustling community in its own right, to the District's rich legacy of
outdoor recreation, the text, residents' anecdotes and photographs
create a vivid portrait of the development of a thriving community.
Each section of the book is richly illustrated in full colour with
biographies, eyewitness memories, artifacts from the collection of the
North Vancouver Museum and Archives, historic photographs, maps and
charts.
