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Gallery
View of the wharf from the bottom of the hill
Early Savary Wharf
The Spilsbury Rowboat
Jim, with his father Ashton Spilsbury rowing, and Laurencia Herchmer with her mother Ethel in the stern.
Indian Point
Illustration from Helen Griffin's Savary Island
Freight Delivery
Delivery by Union Steamship, then hand cart, from department store David Spencer.
The Spilsbury Boathouse
An early view of the Spilsbury house and boathouse from under the Savary wharf.
The Cheakamus
Cheakamus was a steamship built in 1913 in North Vancouver, British Columbia. This ship was originally built as the Cheslakee in Scotland. After Cheslakee capsized in 1913, the hulk was raised, lengthened, and placed back into service as Cheakamus.
The Spilsbury boathouse at the foot of the wharf
Painting by Frankie Keefer
The Gulf Wing leaves Savary wharf
The Gulf Line brought passengers and freight from Vancouver between 1946 and 1953
1926 Franklin Sedan
Royal Savary Hotel car on Savary wharf
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