Dollarton, North Vancouver

The Dollarton area is a beach, slope and suburb in the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[1] It is one point five kilometres (0.93 mi) south of Deep Cove.

Dollarton Highway in Dollarton

Notable residents

Author Malcolm Lowry and his wife Margerie lived in a series of shacks in the Cates Park area in the 1940s, where they finished the third and fourth drafts of Under the Volcano.[2] His presence in the Dollarton area's history is celebrated in the annual "Under the Volcano" music and poetry festival, named after his most famous novel. It is held in Cates Park, on the shores of Burrard Inlet, where there is also a monument in his memory.

References

  1. "Dollarton". Government of Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  2. Day, Douglas (1973). Malcolm Lowry: A Biography. New York: Oxford UP. pp. 277-307.

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