Two of these fuel barges, including the only one that remains today, had ties to North Vancouver’s shipbuilding industry
Coal Harbour’s iconic Gasoline Alley was comprised of five different oil company marine fuel stations, but did you know that two of them had ties to North Vancouver?
In the 1950s the Texaco fuel barge was built by the Burrard Dry Dock’s yard in Esquimalt, while the Standard Oil No.5 fuel barge was designed by Robert Allan Ltd., Naval Architects and built by North Vancouver’s Allied McKenzie Barge and Marine Ways Ltd.
This latter barge eventually rebranded as Chevron, which was replaced in 2009 and is the last remaining station in the harbour today.
Visit the MONOVA website for more information about the history of the North Shore and to plan your visit to MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver, now open at 115 West Esplanade in The Shipyards.
Currently, MONOVA: Archives of North Vancouver, at 3203 Institute Road in Lynn Valley, is open for drop-ins on Tuesday and by appointment Monday and Wednesday-Friday, 12:30-4 p.m. Contact: [email protected]
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