Site Selection
Site A
Deep Cove, District of North Vancouver
Deepwater (Post Office) adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC map 5B. Name changed to Deep Cove (Post Office) 6 February 1948 on C.3434. Form of name changed to Deep Cove (Post Office & Steamer Landing) 3 May 1951 on 92G. Form of name changed to Deep Cove (Community) 19 July 1979 on 92G/7.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
"No post office. A settlement and former logging camp wharf. After being burned out for two summers in succession the firm abandoned the proposition. Deep Cove is an old name probably given on account of the depth of the water out in the bay. In some places soundings have not been obtained. The water shoals gradually into the middle of the bay and is therefore quite safe, while the depth in the middle is very great." (information provided to the author 14 January 1927 by Mrs. V.S. Corfield, Deep Cove Tea Rooms)
Source: Nelson, Denys; Place Names of the Delta of the Fraser River; 1927, unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives
Guy-angulton—location: Deep Cove; meaning: “sheltered place”; (Lillian/ Unsakaloate C. George August 1991; John L. George August 1991).
Source: Tsleil-Waututh Nation’s History, Culture and Aboriginal Interests in Eastern Burrard Inlet , Retrieved from https://twnsacredtrust.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Morin-Expert-Report-PUBLIC-VERSION-sm.pdf
Deep Cove, or Deepwater as it was first known, is a traditional clamming and fishing area of the Tsleil-Waututh nation who lived in the area since time immemorial. British and Spanish naval explorers scouted Indian Arm in the late eighteenth century, and by the mid-nineteenth century, whales were being caught and flensed on the Cove's shores.
Site B
Carraholly Point, Port Moody
Adopted 6 February 1948 on C.3434, as labelled on 1928 map of Vancouver Harbour, published by the Harbour Commission; named in association with Carraholly Resort.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
The Johnston family homesteaded at this location in the early 1900s, building resort cottages and a boat landing. The name was supposedly devised by New Westminster lawyer and judge William Norman Bole, an Irishman who owned much land in the Belcarra area. He cobbled together the Gaelic word carra, meaning “fair land,” with “holly,” several of which had been planted on the property.
Site C
Ioco, Port Moody
"Town on the north shore of Burrard Inlet opposite Port Moody, belonging to the Imperial Oil Company; the name is composed of the initials I-O-Co...."
Source: Nelson, Denys; Place Names of the Delta of the Fraser River; 1927, unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives
Caraholly Point / Say-mopit
a) Tsleil-Waututh oral histories indicate that there used to be a Tsleil-Waututh village near what is now known as ‘Imperial Oil’ (Ioco) (George 1990:2) (Figure 6).
b) This is one of the three Tsleil-Waututh villages that Paddy George stated existed in the Port Moody area (George 1990:7).
c) There used to be a village at the “entrance to Port Moody” called “Saymopit”; the people of Saymopit were set apart because they weren’t ambitious (John and Lillian 1999:40).
Note, being ‘not ambitious’ or ‘lazy’ is the ‘polite’ or ‘upper class’ Coast Salish way of describing low class people (Carlson 2010). This corroborates Jenness’ (1955:86) account of a stacem (vassal) village at Ioco, “which was tributary to the Squamish Indians of North Vancouver.” In my opinion, the term “Squamish” here actually refers to the Tsleil-Waututh; there were no Squamish villages in North Vancouver when Saymopit was occupied, only Tsleil-Waututh villages.
d) The name “Salkaten” is traditionally from the village of Saymopit (TsleilWaututh 1999:40) and now occurs across much of the Salish Sea.
Source: Tsleil-Waututh Nation’s History, Culture and Aboriginal Interests in Eastern Burrard Inlet , Retrieved from https://twnsacredtrust.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Morin-Expert-Report-PUBLIC-VERSION-sm.pdf
Site Analysis
Selected Site: Deep Cove
Introverted site in an extroverted neighborhood, enabling personal privacy and community engagement. Extreme site conditions enable for interesting design constraints to explore. Rich history and dwelling profile enable opportunities to integrate and connect cultures and activities.
PARTI
Involve history of persons and culture
(Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, European)
(Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, European)
Reflect transient interaction with land for living
(Fishing and clamming to whaling to resort)
(Fishing and clamming to whaling to resort)
Demonstrate cove as refuge of land, water, and sky
Rhythm as active and resting force
(Swimming, waves, underwater, floating platforms)
(Swimming, waves, underwater, floating platforms)
