The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.2005, Qupperneq 33

Vol. 59 #4
THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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Vancouver-Fraserview and Attorney
General. Heather Alda Ireland, Honorary
Consul General for Iceland in British
Columbia and the Yukon; Tim Stevenson,
Councillor for the City of Vancouver;
Maureen Whyte, Chief Operating Officer
Vancouver Community, Vancouver
Coastal Health; Brian Bjarnason, President
of the Icelandic Care Home Hofn Society
and Steven Peterson, a Potential Resident
of the upcoming Assisted Living facility.
Following the Groundbreaking
Ceremony lunch was served.
REFERENCES
Hofn Society Board Meetings, Reports
and Minutes, 1947-2005
Solskin Memoirs, published 1992
Western Living Magazine October
1986 edition; an article on Osier House
entitled The Best Address by Sandra
MacKenzie
Robert Asgeirsson Photo Collection,
Icelandic Archives of B.C.
POINT of INTEREST
In 1963 the Osier home was purchased
by an Order of Nuns and used as a Nursing
Home for several years. However, by that
time strict regulations were in place and the
nuns had to strip the walls of their pan-
elling and also had to board up the fireplace
in order to install regulatory fire walls.
Thankfully, for the future owners, the nuns
had carefully stored the panelling and
beautiful fixtures in the basement, where
they were preserved. The next owner, Dr.
Ernest Wong, who valued the beauty of
this home, restored it to its original charm
and elegance. Later it became the private
and cherished residence of the Austin
Hamilton family.
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