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c1915 -- Porpoise Bay, second and third schools.

Left is Sechelt's second school, converted from a former Japanese fishermen's shed and used as a school from spring 1913 to end of 1914. Right is Sechelt's third school built by T. J. Cook and Ellis Hermanson. Superseded by a third school in 1920. Note rail fence built by teacher Miss Mary Gemmel and her students, especially Arnold McQuarrie. Porpoise Bay Road (later Wharf Avenue), a dirt road, was built in 1896 and runs north from Trail Bay stopping at the marsh which is open to tides at the foot of the road. Note a footbridge crosses the marsh, wagons crossed the marsh area just inshore from the foot bridge. See also photograph 6.4.52 for more information.

Photograph #184 by Charles Bradbury, courtesy Norman Burley