Stuart Bonner

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West Point Grey Neighbourhood

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Schools In The Area

Schools include Lord Byng Secondary School, which serves students from the neighbourhood, along with Queen Elizabeth Elementary School, Queen Mary Elementary School, École Jules Quesnel, Our Lady of Perptual Help School and the private K-12 school West Point Grey Academy.

Vancouver's Westside boasts "West Point Grey" - a wonderful family-filled community with beautiful homes and breathtaking views.

These pages are designed to provide information about the community, as well as real esate statistics about home sales in Point Grey and all Point Grey Property Listings, updated daily. 

Considering selling or buying a home in Point Grey? I've been helping buyers and sellers with property in this area for over since 1979 and

would be pleased to assist you. Don't hesitate to email me, or give me a call at 604-732-1336.

Community Links:

• West Point Grey Community Centre
• Detailed Area Map
• West Point Grey Library
• Local Parks
• Neighbourhood Team (NIST)
• City of Vancouver West Point Grey Information

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Nearby Community Centres:

West Point Grey Community Centre

4397 West 2nd Avenue, 604-257-8140

Dunbar Community Centre

4747 Dunbar Street, 604-222-6060

Kitsilano Community Centre

2690 Larch Street, 604-257-6976 

Public Library

West Point Grey Public Library

4480 West 10th Avenue, 604-665-3982

West Point Grey Fire Hall 

Fire Hall No. 19

4396 West 12th Avenue, 604-665-6019

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Zoning

The zoning types found in West Point Grey are listed below.

• RS-1: single-family houses, with family suite but no rental suite. No design review.
• C-2: either four-storey commercial/residential mixed use, with design review; or three- to four-storey all commercial, without design review.

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History

The local Musqueam people lived here in the ancient village of Ee'yullmough and the earliest modern immigrants were attracted to the site as well. Spaniard Jose Narvaez and his crew rediscovered it in 1791 and named it Langara Point. The next year, Captains Galiano and Valdez ran into Captain Vancouver off the same shore. This meeting led to the naming of two local areas: Spanish Banks and English Bay. In 1865 Jeremiah Rogers set up the first logging camp and cut down the giant fir trees for use as "the best spars in the world." In the 1870s others set up a whaling station here.

By 1897, the area's outstanding recreational potential was evident, yet only 54 property owners had set up homes. They were soon joined by the Government Reserves, which recognized the area's strategic location and set up a post at the Point and along Jericho (now the site of UBC, Jericho Park, the former School for the Deaf and Blind, and the Jericho army base). In the 1920s, its strategic location made it an ideal air station site from which flying boats would chase rumrunners, map the coastline, and track illegal immigrants. During war years, anti-submarine reconnaissance was performed from the site.

In 1908, the Municipality of Point Grey was established by breaking away from the Municpality of South Vancouver. The newly-elected Council moved quickly to improve access and services to the area. In that first year of incorporation, water service reached West Point Grey, construction began on the scenic Northwest Marine Drive, and the Jericho Golf and Country Club opened.

In 1909, a one-room schoolhouse was built for the area's 24 children. The wooden structure still stands on the bluffs overlooking Spanish Banks, dwarfed by the newer Queen Mary School.

Despite the municipality's investment in roads, sewers and parks, development lagged. To spur new development, a tax was levied on all unimproved land. That year, 1912, $250,000 worth of building permits were issued and the boom began. Commercial development followed and by 1924, 40 shops lined 10th Avenue between Tolmie and Trimble Streets.

In 1921, construction began on the Pacific Coast Station of the Royal Canadian Air Force at Jericho Beach. When the federal government decided to move the station in 1967, the future of the Jericho lands became an issue. Far-sighted citizens and politicians finally agreed that the area should be a park, and in the early 1970s an additional 54 hectares (133 acres) of recreational land was made available to the public. 

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West Point Grey Parks

West Point Grey