The Lions Bay Historical Society over the past 8 years has interviewed many interesting Lions Bay residents.

These interviews are on DVD and the Lions Bay Library has them available for you to enjoy.

They can be taken out of the Library in the same way as taking out a book and are 30 to 40 minutes in length.

Below is the current list of people interviewed with this on going project.

Frank and Flo Smith - June, 2003

Gordon and Robin Kern - July, 2003

Victor Miles - August, 2003

Noreen Copp - July, 2004

Norm Kirby - July, 2005

Louis Peterson - July, 2005

Ken and Ella Wolder - November, 2005

Rich and Heather Mossakowski - May, 2006

Sharon and Alex Dalrymple - June, 2006

Glenn and Annmarie Gates - May, 2007

Mrs D. (Elizabeth Dahabieh) - June, 2009

Brian Croston - March, 2010

Joanne and Joe Ronsley - April, 2010

John and Rose Dudley - April, 2010

Madeleine and Ralph Whyte - July, 2010

Leila Osborne - August, 2010

Max Wyman - Susan Mertens - November, 2010

Flo and Harold Gienger - March, 2011

In addition in the Library is an autobiography by Mr. Bob Tanner (WWII veteran) which can also be taken out.

We welcome other biographies of Lions Bay residents both before arriving here and their early experiences and stories of Lions Bay.

Don Stainsby was born in the late 20’s, and attended school in Vancouver. He enrolled at U.B.C. in the 40’s & 50’s, where he was very active the universities well known newspaper, The Ubyssey.

After U.B.C., Don wrote for all three of Vancouver’s newspapers, two papers in Victoria and then on to Montreal.  He also wrote and published several history books.

He returned to the West coast and lived at Brunswick Beach from 1969 to 1981 on property owned by his parents, who started rowing up Howe Sound from Horseshoe Bay, in the early 1920’s.  The Stainsby family owned four lots at Brunswick Beach, now numbered 45, 47, 49 & 51 (comprising of about ½ of the north road). as well, a home was owned at “M” creek, which was destroyed by the flooding of “M” creek.  Nine people lost their lives in this disaster in the 1980’s.

Don died in 1981 leaving a wife and 7 children.

This article is submitted by the LIons Bay Historical Society (LBHS). Current members include: Myron Loutet, Tony Cox, Trudi Luethy, Fran McNichol, Sheila Blake, Patricia Belvedere, and Anne Page.