Larry Walker Family and Baseball
With his tremendous skill and dedication to the game of baseball, Larry Walker Jr. has put Maple Ridge on the international baseball map. Skill and … Read More
John McIver Family
John A. McIver was born on January 1st, 1832, on the Isle of Lewis in the Hebrides, Scotland. When he was 19 years old, he … Read More
John and William Hammond
For such an important part of our community history, not too much is known or remembered about the two Hammond brothers. We are not exactly … Read More
Doan Hartnell Family
The Hartnell family came from Cornwall to Ontario in 1867. John and Elizabeth Hartnell raised a family of eight children, plus two more girls who … 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
Port Hammond
The Hammond brothers arrived in western Canada in 1863. They first purchased land on the Pitt River at its confluence with the Alouette – a … Read More
Port Hammond is in Ashes after early fire
Reprinted below is an account from the Vancouver Daily Province of October 13, 1916, of a major fire in the Port Hammond townsite. In a … Read More