The North Shore.....

Housesitting brought us to the North Shore for a day.  Decided to make our route by venturing over the Lions Gate bridge which was our first time in a year.

First stop was the Salvation Army store in West Van (SE corner of Marine Drive @ 16th).  This is a walk-down basement premise.  Has a range of stuff and a lot of hard-up West Van matrons shopping there.  It's medium size but maybe looks small because of the basement.  Prices are quite high so I wonder if the SA prices for market?  Was expecting a lot more stuff from old English ladies but maybe they're all long-extinct and homes cleared out. Nothing struck us.  Free (for now) street parking.

On to North Van.  1st stop was the local SPCA on Pemberton (west side a little bit down from Marine Drive).    Well-organised with a good number of collectibles but also very expensive.  Almost private store prices (I guess it is really a private store)..  Free street parking.

There is a food bank on 15h just off Pemberton that has been identified as a trhift shop by some web sites but isn't.

Way out east near Deep Cove is the Mount Seymour United church on Parkgate (the 1st street on the north side before Mount Seymour Parkway).   It's only open on Thursday from 11-20.  Small, it has your average selection of stuff but very cheap at that.  Picked up two Riedel stemless martini glasses for $1.   Lots of lot parking.

The Lonsdale area has 3 thrift stores.  The first of two Salvation Army stores is on Lonsdale south of 3rd (SW corner).  Medium sized, it has a fair amount of items, well-organised, but SA prices, though not as much, it seems, as West Van's.

On 3rd Avenue (north side) just west of Lonsdale is Good Stuff Connection.  Not sure what it supports but it was small and it was closed.  Seems to be mainly clothing.  Street parking.

On 15th Street (north side), also just west of Lonsdale is the Lions Gate Hospital Auxilliary.  Small amount of everything in this small thrift store but not much of what we wanted so no prices.  Street parking.

The 2nd Salvation Army is on Fell at 15th on the north side of Marine Drive.  This is a medium sized shop that has a fair amount of housegoods.  Your typical lower mainland SA prices.  Free lot parking.  Bit disorganised and crowded compared to some other SAs.

There is a Habitat for Humanity ReStore but I appeared to have had a faulty/outdated address so missed it.

Also rumours of the Edgemont Village United Church having a thrift store.