Margaret Gibson and her husband, Jim, were early settlers to the Deep Cove area. Arriving around the same time as the Moores in 1922, they first lived in a rented shack on Burns Avenue, then moved to a house closer to the Quarries. Creeks provided a water supply and a way to keep food cool. “Hauling water and chopping wood was how you passed your time.” They left but returned to build a house on Caledonia Avenue.
Their children attended Roche Point School and both Jim and Margaret worked as custodians to keep the school running.
The Society acknowledges that the land of the Seymour Communities is the unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We continue to learn and celebrate the culture, history, stories, and people of the Tsleil-Waututh.
