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Date unknown -- Sechelt's first gas station, Home Gas, on the north side of Cowrie Street at Trail Avenue where the gas was first pumped by hand. It was owned by Alice French, a WW1 war bride, until her death in 1971. Her house stood immediately behind the gas station. She leased it to various people over the years including Jack Nelson (1951), Leo Johnson and Niels Hanson. Later owners were Peggy and Cliff Connor. The building on the right was well-known early resident Mrs. Crucil's dress shop "Tasella Shop."

Photograph courtesy the Peninsula Times newspaper and the Alsgard family