Let’s head back to the July 1972 pages of the Optimist to see the buildings of a once bustling community in East Ladner coming down.
Preparations got underway for moving the 120 housing units from the former Canadian Armed Forces Base, also was known as the Vancouver Wireless Station, to four B.C. First Nation settlements.
The houses were moved under a contract with Apex Building Movers Ltd in the early morning hours to avoid congesting traffic in the area.
The station once gathered Soviet communications during the Cold War. It closed in 1971, due to the installation of nearby power lines in Ladner that made gathering signals difficult.
The wireless station's operations relocated to Masset, B.C.
The site is now known as the North 40 Park Reserve.
