history of the Phleem/Fleam
Among our collection of yesteryear’s medical oddities, the Maple Ridge Museum displays a fleam, otherwise known as a bloodletting knife. Today, advancements in medical … Read More
Maple Ridge Family History Group Announces the Launch of “On the River: The Fishing Industry in Maple Ridge”
The Maple Ridge Family History Group is excited to announce the launch of On the River: The Fishing Industry in Maple Ridge in both print … Read More
Canada Day Trivia
Welcome to the Maple Ridge Museum's Canada Day Trivia! Let's see how much you know about Canada Day and our local history. Good luck! Where ... Read More
Throwback Challenge – Canada Day Edition
JULY 1 – JULY 31, 2020 We’re sharing 10 photos of Canada Day in Maple Ridge and challenging you to recreate them with the members … Read More
Looking Back: Epidemic 1918
The last episode of world-wide quarantine was in 1918, just over 100 years ago. We did not have a local newspaper at the time but … Read More
Looking Back: Quarantine!
Most people think that communities like Maple Ridge incorporated in the 1870’s to get themselves identified as a unit that could bargain with senior governments … Read More
The Women’s Institute Quilters
This past summer at the Maple Ridge Museum we were able to transcribe the minutes of the Haney Women’s Institute from 1924-26 and 1936-41. As … Read More
Canadian Bills
These Canadian twenty-five cent banknotes all date to the year 1900. Twenty-five cent Dominion of Canada notes existed from 1870 until 1923, although that was … Read More