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Ambleside, West Vancouver

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Beginning in the 1800s, Ambleside was the main commercial centre of the community of West Vancouver. In 1886, "Navvy" Jack Thomas initiated the first ferry service between Vancouver and West Vancouver via the Ambleside waterfront, which lasted only one year. The next year, Thomas began hauling
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In 1907, a land developer named John Lawson developed a new regular ferry service from 17th Street as a means to make selling land in Ambleside a more attractive proposition. This ferry service resulted in much development in Ambleside as well as the neighbouring Dundarave and
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By 1914, most of the new businesses in the Ambleside region were built on stilts so as to avoid the swampy water of the area. Ambleside Park was designated in 1918, and by 1964, the slough had been mostly filled in with sand to become Ambleside Beach.
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neighbourhoods. The last ferry crossing from Ambleside was in 1947, after which the pier was repurposed into an area for fishing purposes.
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West Van presents new Ambleside proposals: Public reaction to ideas encouraged by council: Altmayer, Darren.
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being farther east. The neighborhood is bordered by the neighbourhoods of Dundarave, Park Royal, and the
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gravel, keeping his sloop in a lagoon then known as Ambleside Slough.
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that occupies the southeastern corner of the community, with only
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Ambleside, British Columbia

West Vancouver
Park Royal
British Properties
Hollyburn



Ambleside : better living by the water
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10.14288/1.0092980
"Historic timeline"
"Ambleside Amble"
"West Vancouver's Ambleside: then and now"
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West Vancouver
British Columbia
Park Royal
British Properties
Ambleside
Chartwell
Glenmore
Panorama Village
Upper Levels
Altamont
Westmount
Wadsley

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