Wooden shoes
These adult shoes belonged to the donor’s grandmother’s brother, who traded English clogs and received these while serving in Singapore for the British Army in … 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
Having Fun
Settlers in this region faced an unyielding mountain of work — first to clear the land and then to make it productive. Despite that, no … Read More
The Commons: Reflecting on Cooperative Living Settlements
What were Maple Ridge’s two cooperative settlements? Ruskin 1896c – “Canadian Co-operative Society” enters four acres of Twigg land at confluence of Stave and Fraser … Read More
Gravel and Road-Building
Gravel has always played a prominent role in Maple Ridge in general and in Webster’s Corners in particular. The expansion of settlement in the region … Read More