6.4.48

c1912 -- The original Porpoise Bay wharf

Built by Herbert Whitaker in 1903/1904 on D.L.304 it ran parallel to the rock bluff and did not jut out into the bay. This wharf is mentioned in a Vancouver newspaper in 1904, Ron Whitaker (Herbert's brother) said it was built around 1902/1903. It collapsed in July 1915 and was rebuilt by Herbert in 1916 after he regained his properties. He had them sold, in 1913, to the Canadian-European Investment Corporation in December 1913. The original wharf continued to exist in a dilapidated condition even after the government wharf at Porpoise Bay was constructed in 1923/1924. The approaches to the two wharves were close together where the West Porpoise Bay Road turned sharply uphill to become Anchor Road. Joe Gregson tied his tug `Reliance' up to this dock when he worked for Sam Gray from 1907 to 1910, at low tide it stuck in the mud

Photographer unknown. See also 6.15.62.