Folks have been coming to Lions Bay since the early 1950s (to Brunswick since the early 1900s), when these locations were quiet retreats, mostly by the seashore, far from the bustle of the noisy city. The community continued to develop amongst the trees on the forested mountainside overlooking the spectacular Howe Sound vistas. Animals of the wild, and birds of forest and seashore, are to be found in our "backyard". We can get to know the native plants of field and forest floor if we so wish.A closeness to Nature seems to have played an important part in people's decision to locate to the "boonies". These features, and the opportunity to buy and build a single family home on my own piece of real estate, are among the factors that give Lions Bay its special "sense of place" for me.

Fast forward to 2008, and we find that our tiny community of 552 homes is one of 47 Village Municipalities in British Columbia. We (about 1500 people) make up about 0.03% of BC's population, 0.004% of Canada's, and an almost infinitesimally small fraction of the world's human complement. We are a diverse mix of people, from many different parts of the world. 21% of us - a fifth -  are the youth of the community. About 67% of us - two thirds - are in the 20-64 age bracket, and 12.4% of us are over 65 (2006 census). We live close to the busy "big city", where many urban benefits are to be found. We contribute to most of the functions of the greater society - in areas of commerce, education, the arts, health, law, politics, construction …...   Thus, it comes about that, although our place is but a small one in the biosphere that is the house for all ephemeral living things, we as a Village play important roles within society as a whole.

"To see a World in a grain of sand, and eternity in an hour."

This Sunday (September 7th), you may have noticed piles of offending brush at half a dozen spots on Panorama Road and Place, and two Village trailers piled high with debris - and the street greatly improved by the "clean-up". Many thanks are due to coordinator and tireless worker Lisa Turpin who organized the work party the previous day - especially the barbecue in the evening for the 40 or so hardworking volunteers and friends, shown "tired but happy" in the two attached photos. Incidentally, the bear who appeared did not share in the repast. Thank you Lisa!

It has been almost 3 weeks since our house fire.  We've regrouped and feel it's now an appropriate time to respond and communicate to the community regarding this dramatic event in our lives. 

Firstly we wish to thank the Lions Bay and West Vancouver Fire Fighters who diligently and successfully contained this potentially catastrophic fire to the confines of only our house.  In addition, we sincerely appreciated every effort the Fire Fighters made in trying to save our house and the contents within.  Due to the efficiency in which they've performed their duties, extremely valuable business data and personal and business files had survived.  Although most everything else is lost, we remain hopeful and anticipate the retrieval of sentimental items during the careful extraction effort.

A new school year is beginning, and the Grade 12 graduands of 2008 are moving on to other things. What follows is based on "chats" with the five Scholarship winners - the Curly Stewart Award went to Miranda Loutet, and four Lions Bay Community Foundation Scholarships were awarded to Leila Elischer, Leora Elischer, Emily Matthias and Ale McLean. Miranda also received an Achievement Award from the LBCSF. Good luck and best wishes to the scholars and all the graduands!