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Beginning in the 1800s, Ambleside was the main commercial centre of the community of West Vancouver. In 1886, "Navvy" Jack Thomas initiated the first ferry service between Vancouver and West Vancouver via the Ambleside waterfront, which lasted only one year. [2]
The usage derives from "Navvy Jack", by ordinary name Jack Thomas, a former navvy who used a rowboat to mine good-quality gravel from beaches in West Vancouver and infrequently ran a rowboat-ferry for settlers on Burrard Inlet and English Bay. [22]
1866: John Thomas, known as "Navvy Jack", sailed from England or Wales, arriving in Burrard Inlet, in about 1866. He was the first white resident of West Vancouver, offered first ferry service to what be known as Vancouver in a rowboat. His house still stands today at Ambleside and there is a Navvy Jack Point. [9]
Jack Thomas (swimmer) (born 1995), British swimmer; Jack W. Thomas (born 1930), American screenwriter and novelist; Jack Ward Thomas (1934–2016), chief of the U.S. Forest Service; Joseph T. Thomas (born 1973), known as Jack, Australian citizen whose conviction for receiving funds from Al-Qaeda was overturned on appeal
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Thomas's father was a career Navy officer. [3] Thomas, and three of his brothers, are graduates of the United States Naval Academy. All are retired, including one who was in the Marine Corps. Another brother served in the Peace Corps. His two uncles also were Navy officers via Officers' Candidate School programs. Thomas graduated in 1981.
Jack William Thomas (born October 24, 1930, in Seattle, Washington) is an American screenwriter and pulp magazine author. Biography. Thomas enlisted in the United ...
After Clarence Thomas questioned Jack Smith’s appointment as special counsel, will others follow? Lawrence Hurley. July 15, 2024 at 5:00 PM.