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This is on a poplar, creekside part of the trail. BYOP
For those who are interested, here is a bio of Mollie Nye. I knew her sort of personally as she taught me socials at Sutherland Junior High a hundred years ago. She bequeathed her house and land to the District of North Vancouver for community use.
SEPT. 23, 1913 - SEPT. 10, 1997
Growing up in a pioneer family influenced Mollie Nye throughout her childhood. She spent the years after World War I living and learning with her teacher mother Olive and younger sister Joyce. Post-war hardship brought its challenges and Mollie watched her mother cope with them and successfully teach under difficult and impoverished circumstances. Her father must also be mentioned since he and his parents played important parts in the development of North Vancouver, raising her awareness of community involvement. Mollie’s grandparents on her father’s side emigrated from Brighton, England, to Vancouver in the 1890’s. Her grandfather served the community as a constable, a councilor, and a Justice of the Peace.
Mollie’s father, Jack, like his father before him, was very involved in the community. Over the years, he served as a fireman, guided groups of hikers up Grouse Mountain for the Vancouver Tourist Bureau, and served on the executives of the Lynn Valley Ratepayers Association, Lynn Valley Legion, Lynn Valley Conservative Association, and as Police Commissioner. As a result of his service in the Boer War, he received a Military Grant of 160 acres in Lynn Valley, and on this land in 1913 he built what we now know as Mollie Nye House. With a few brief exceptions, Mollie lived at 940 Lynn Valley Rd. all her life.
Mollie was a teacher for 40 years, an avid gardener (lifetime member of Lynn Valley Garden Club), an enthusiastic doll collector. She attended Lynn Valley School, North Van High School, and King Edward High School, then obtained her teaching diploma at the Provincial Normal School in Vancouver in 1932. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Education degree at the University of British Columbia in 1943.
Mollie’s first posting was a one-room country school 15 miles south of Golden in 1932. Her salary was $65.00 a month, $25.00 of which went for room and board. The extreme cold, isolation, and lack of necessities added to the problems of the depression years. Mollie taught at Roche Pointe, Capilano Elementary and Queen Mary Junior High. With the closure of Queen Mary, Mollie moved to the then new Sutherland School in 1950. Over the years, she taught mathematics, social studies, applied arts, and arts. It’s estimated she taught over two thousand students.
Mollie Nye Way (located across from her longtime Lynn Valley House) was named for her and she was presented with her very own copy of the street sign!
Although she did not marry, or have any children of her own, she was very fond of children and devoted her life to teaching them. In return, she was much loved and respected, not only by her students, but by the whole community.
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