Time & Pickle Crocks
This is a story about a Japanese Canadian family about to be interned to Alberta. It was 1942 and the Shigemi family were living on … 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
Looking Back: Basketball
June 26, 2019 Basketball fever has gripped the country thanks to the Raptor’s historic NBA championship win. With such a big event like this, at … Read More
Looking Back: Days With No Doctor
April 3, 2019 In the early days of Maple Ridge, after the first settlers had laid claim, the railroad came through, business like Fuller Watson … Read More
Looking Back: Winter That Was
January 9, 2019 With an abundance of winter storms in the last month coming in the form of torrential rain, it’s hard to remember that … Read More
Looking Back: Suffrage in a Corset
October 10, 2018 As of 2018 it has been 100 years since (most) Canadian women got the right to vote, bringing to fruition the lifetimes … Read More
Maple Ridge Park
The land now occupied by Maple Ridge Park was donated to the district in September 1924 by the BC Electric Railway Company. The company, owner … Read More
Leggatt Family
Father Alexander Leggatt had been a telegraph operator in Ontario, but became a barber when he moved to Vancouver in 1898. He moved around a … 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
MCIVER HIGH SCHOOL CERTIFICATE
This ornate certificate was presented to John A McIver when he completed the course of studies in elementary school and qualified by examination for high … Read More