“Just on a whim I thought I’d write and (offer) to put them in the garden at the Creekhouse,” said McCann, who manages Creekhouse Industries, which has several buildings on the Island. David McCann thought Granville Island was perfect. Last November, The Vancouver Sun and Province announced the statue needed a new home. When the Pacific Press building was sold in 1997 the statue was installed at the then-Pacific Press printing plant in Surrey. But most people remember it because the son wasn’t clothed, which was controversial back in the day.
The Family also depicted a father and mother, with a babe in her arms.
