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<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Streetcar #153 and the Extraordinary Museum of North Vancouver<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wednesday, May 1 at 7:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Archives of North Vancouver (Community History Centre)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">3203 Institute Road, Lynn Valley, North Vancouver<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The new Museum of North Vancouver is under construction in the Lower Lonsdale Shipyards District and will open in 2020. This extraordinary new facility will
feature the 1908 North Vancouver Streetcar #153, currently being restored by the West Coast Railway Association. Don Evans, Chair of that organisation, will introduce the history of the North Vancouver streetcar system and discuss Streetcar #153’s long road
to restoration on May 1 at the Community History Centre, Lynn Valley.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Don Evans has had a life long interest in trains, growing up in BC in the streamliner era. He joined the West Coast Railway Association
in 1975 and has been an active community volunteer. Don has been widely recognised for his contributions to the preservation of historic rail cars and to developing strong support and public interest for ‘all things rail’, including playing an integral role
in the West Coast Railway Heritage Park in Squamish.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Museum Director Nancy Kirkpatrick will join Don Evans to speak about the innovative new Museum of North Vancouver, providing an insight into
how its extraordinary exhibits and engaging programs will inspire this community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">As well, curator Karen Dearlove will present intriguing streetcar related items from our collection and some unique artifacts that will be
featured in the new Museum. Discover Indigenous masks and baskets, ship makers’ patterns and other objects that hold the key to our North Vancouver stories.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This event is
<b>free</b> but registration required: </span><a href="https://streetcar153.eventbrite.ca"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://streetcar153.eventbrite.ca</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Media Contact:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sofia Stalner, Promotions and Events Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tel: (604) 990-3700 x 8008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Email: </span><a href="mailto:stalners@dnv.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">stalners@dnv.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Additional images available on request<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The North Vancouver Museum & Archives Commission, an agency of the City and the District of North Vancouver, receives ongoing support from both municipalities and from the Government of British
Columbia through the BC Arts Council<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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