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circa 1921 -- Whitaker's Beach, named after Arthur Whitaker a cousin of Sechelt entrepreneur Herbert Whitaker. Arthur and Herbert's brother Ron were partners in the Real Estate Company Whitaker and Whitaker which promoted land in North and West Vancouver and on the Sunshine Coast. The beach was later named Byng Bay. Arthur was at various times a councilor of the District of North Vancouver, a Notary Public, a Director of Burrard Inlet Tunnel and Bridge Company and promoter of a car ferry across Howe Sound as early as 1936.

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