Comments on: The Buntzen Power Stations on Indian Arm

By: Frank Lestock

Frank Lestock — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 15:14:02 +0000

Is this potentially for sale? Of is it completely abandoned?

By: Susan Davidson

Susan Davidson — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 22:21:45 +0000

My father, Norm Davidson, brought my mom & us 3 kids to Buntzen for a year. Oct to Oct 1957/58. We were the only folks living there, we lived in the once Superintendent‘s house. We went to Deep Cove El for school by water taxi. Red Williams I think!? I believe was decommissioning the power house? I was 10, my sibs were 7 & 4. Well remember our house,spooky, playing on the docks fishing for shiners, stairs, many, mom had to ride the trolley as she had bad knees! We had a grand summer as the power house was shut down, strike? Learned to swim well & caught many crabs! Good memories!

By: Eugene Larry Brown

Eugene Larry Brown — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 18:19:29 +0000

I lived at Deep Cove from 1942 until 1949 as a foster child during the second world war. We used to take a row boat from the Cove to the Buntzen power house as afternoon entertainment, also took inboard motor boats to Wigwam Inn from the Cove.
When I went to school in the cove we used the yacht club for classes until grade three then the Mayfair building for grade four.
A real school was built for grade five onward. The Burrard View School.

Thanks for the great memories of the Indian Arm.

By: Lynette Murray

Lynette Murray — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 03:40:58 +0000

Thank you for the wonderful history and the photos. The photo of George Henshaw,, who was my great-grandfather, is the first I have ever seen of him. I knew his son, Bill when I was a very young girl.

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By: A local

A local — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 20:15:01 +0000

buntzen #2 was not decommissioned in 1964, it was however automated and had the switchgear and h/v equiptment removed then

It was decommissioned in the late 90s

By: Charles Keillor

Charles Keillor — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 06:04:37 +0000

Thank-you so much Eve for joining my own efforts in correcting the mistaken claim often made that the somewhat notorious Rattenbury designed Buntzen 2, when it was in fact Robert Lyon, a wonderful and unfortunately lesser known architect, as pointed out in “Building the West”. I’m not sure if I told you I created a large drawing of the Power House a few years back. The project involved my own reference photos and research that included reading Donald Luxton’s excellent book. As an artist, nothing disappoints me more than when credit for any creation in not given to the true author. I wish I could show you my Buntzen drawing, but it is now permanently displayed in the BC Hydro head office in downtown Vancouver. Thanks again Eve for your fine post on one of my favourite structures in the Metropolitan Vancouver area.

By: Skip Savage

Skip Savage — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 00:03:35 +0000

Good Buntzen powerhouse stories and photos. They really cared about the outward appearance of the stations in those days. I hope you have some lurid tales up your sleeve for the Wigwam Inn post that surely must be coming next.