Neighbourhoods – Page 13 – Maple Ridge Museum

Hector Ferguson Family

Hector Ferguson was a man of such local renown and respect that when he died in November of 1931, the Gazette Newspaper devoted more than … Read More

Frenchy Rieboldt

When Alfred Rieboldt arrived in Haney in 1960, he was already more than 60 years old. He had moved here from Port Coquitlam and Deep … Read More

Frank Zeron Family

George and Pearl Zeron emigrated to the Albion area from Manitoba. Frank was born on February 14th, 1902, and George had to wade across the … Read More

Pete Telosky’s Stadium — Our “Field of Dreams”

Pete Telosky was a baseball player of some renown in the Dewdney League and beyond. He had actually earned a living playing baseball in the … Read More

Dyck’s Dinosaur Park

Nick Dyck, an immigrant from Russia in the 1920’s, arrived in BC in 1946 and took a job with the Hammond Cedar Division of BC … Read More

Pitt Meadows

Now a separate city, Pitt Meadows was a part of Maple Ridge from 1874 to 1896. Wellington J Harris, who made his home in Pitt … Read More

Allco

Allco was the acronym for the Abernethy & Lougheed Logging Company which won the contract to log the area around Alouette Lake prior to the … Read More

Yennadon

Yennadon is located in north Maple Ridge, centred on what was once called the Lillooet Road but is now known as 232nd Street. It began … Read More

Albion

Albion was named in 1907 by a short term resident – an American – who suggested the name in discussions over what the post office … Read More

Webster’s Corners

Webster’s Corners took its name from its first postmaster – James Murray Webster. The final “s” on “Corners” is significant. In those days, when you … Read More