Port Hammond’s Presbyterian Women
The first Presbyterian Church in Port Hammond was built in 1910. The congregation had been meeting for some time in a local hall and it … Read More
Hammond Elementary School
In August of 1899, the Trustees of the Hammond School District met to select a site for a school. Mr. John Callaghan was elected chairman … 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
Hammond Cedar Mill
The first sawmill that opened in Port Hammond on the site on Maple Crescent in 1910 was the Bailey Lumber Company, and in 1912, it … Read More
Hammond letter
This small envelope set off a chain of events that united family history enthusiasts from England and Maple Ridge on the topic of the namesakes … Read More
Port Hammond Progressive Assoc
By 1908, there was a substantial population of around 1,000 people living in the district of Maple Ridge. There was water and rail access and … Read More
CERTIFICATE OF MILITARY INSTRUCTION
Miss Gwendolen Harrison of Southampton, Nova Scotia would later become Mrs. John Alexander McIver of Maple Ridge. This training certificate was among the archives donated … Read More
Sansuke Kawamoto Family
Koto Kawamoto was one of the 200 Japanese people who came across the Pacific on the S.S. Keman. She was a picture bride, to be … 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
Robert Blackstock Family
Robert Blackstock was born in 1849 in Perth County, Ontario, to Thomas and Mary Ann Blackstock. Robert’s formal education ended at the age of nine … Read More