The Lillooet Trail
In the 1870s, the growth of ranching on the middle Fraser and Lillooet rivers was stymied by a lack of access to the most important … Read More
The Commons: Reflecting on Cooperative Living Settlements
What were Maple Ridge’s two cooperative settlements? Ruskin 1896c – “Canadian Co-operative Society” enters four acres of Twigg land at confluence of Stave and Fraser … Read More
The End of Big Logging
1926 began with promise for the sons of Mossom Martin Boyd. Gardiner, Laurie, and Mossom deGrassi had inherited their father’s logging business and transformed it … Read More
On This Day… June 18, 1910
On this day, June 18, in 1910, you too could have “A Happy Family on a Whonnock Farm”. Just call Rogers and Black, real estate … Read More
Relief Work During the Depression
It was a bad fall in Maple Ridge in 1929. The Abernethy and Lougheed Logging Company, local pride and powerhouse, had tumbled into insolvency as … Read More
This Week in 1931
LOCAL DOCTOR CLEARED OF CHARGES IN DEATH OF DEPRESSION-ERA VAGRANT This week in 1931, Dr. Francis Joseph Buckley, of Haney, was cleared of the charge … Read More
Kanaka Creek Park
Kanaka Creek is a small river that enters the Fraser in Albion. It descends from Blue Mountain through a series of forested ravines until it … Read More
This Week in 1935
Perfect storm causes major flooding This Week in 1935, major flooding in lowland areas throughout the Fraser Valley is the result of a freak freeze-thaw … Read More
Port Haney Brick and Tile Company
In 1907 on the former Hinch Road (225th Street), W. Horie, E. Baynes and H. Burnet purchased a riverside lot from a Mr. Carlson and … Read More
Gravel and Road-Building
Gravel has always played a prominent role in Maple Ridge in general and in Webster’s Corners in particular. The expansion of settlement in the region … Read More