Maillot PeoPeoh: Maple Ridge’s First non-Indigenous settler
By Gunter Rebele Maple Ridge will commemorate the 150th anniversary of its incorporation in February 2024. The incorporation took place 14 years after the pre-emption … Read More
Looking Back: Crossing the River
August 7, 2019 Last week we marked the 10 year anniversary of the last Albion Ferry run across the river to Fort Langley. But that … Read More
birch bark scrolls
The tightly rolled scrolls were thought to have information or names of Abernethy & Lougheed employees on them. It was not until they were recently … Read More
Tokutaro Tsuyuki Family
Tokutaro (Pop) Tsuyuki arrived in Canada in 1907. He was acquainted with Jiro Inouye, often referred to as the Japanese Mayor for Maple Ridge, who … Read More
Sam Robertson Family
Sam was born in the Orkney Islands of Scotland in 1823. Before he left there, he became a tradesman skilled in boat building, carpentry, and … Read More
Peter Baker Family
Peter Baker, born Pierre Ferdinand Boulanger in 1826, left his home in Alsace, Quebec, for California in 1849. His journey took him to Panama, where … Read More
Lillian Mattson Lampi’s Memories
Our family, Oscar Mattson’s, moved to the community in March, 1903, from Nanaimo. I am the oldest from a family of six children. We bought a … Read More
Oscar Mattson Family
Oscar and Ina Mattson*, both Finnish immigrants, were married in British Columbia around 1891. They had six children, all of whom were born in Nanaimo: … Read More
John Ritchie Family
John Ritchie, eldest of seven children, was born in the Elma Township, Perth County, Ontario. In 1878, at the age of 18, he came with … Read More
John Owen Family
John Owen was born in Wales. When he came to Canada, he met and married Mary Martin, who was born in Ontario in December of … Read More