Canadian Bills
These Canadian twenty-five cent banknotes all date to the year 1900. Twenty-five cent Dominion of Canada notes existed from 1970 until 1923, although that was … Read More
Iceland Coin Bracelet
This bracelet is made up of seven Icelandic coins from 1942, although the middle ones is stamped “Iceland 1945.” Four of them are two aurar … Read More
Patent Medicines
Patent medicines, which were generally neither patented nor actual medicine, were common in late nineteenth century medicine cabinets. These compounds, tinctures, liniments, and “herbal remedies” … Read More
Hammond Mill Hires Girls
A lengthy article in the “Pacific Coast Lumberman” magazine of June, 1918, describes how Hammond Cedar, under the direction of part owner and manager Doan … Read More
Time & Pickle Crocks
This is a story about a Japanese family about to be interned to Alberta. It was 1942 and the Shigemi family were living on the … Read More
The Pirate Kirkconnell
In The Province on June 30th, 1909, it was reported that Colonel Edward Shannon Kirkconnell, a farmer in Whonnock, was wanted in New York City on a … Read More
Roy Lehman
Roy Lehman passed away on April 19, 2003. He was the last of the old-time Haney-Hammond ball players and was widely respected for his skill … Read More
Making a Home
People coming to a frontier area face enormous obstacles, particularly if they are already a family. When Maple Ridge was incorporated in 1874, there were … Read More
Paddlewheelers
From the earliest days of settlement on the Fraser River, it was the great flat-bottomed sternwheelers that were the workhorses of the river. They had … Read More