Assiniboine Gloves
Pictured below is a pair of traditionally made Assiniboine gloves from about 1900. They were hand made for James William Watson by a First Nations … Read More
A.R.P Rattle
Air Raid Precautions (ARP) was an organization devoted to civilian defense education for the event of bomb or gas attacks on the home front. It … Read More
Japanese Canadian Settlers of Maple Ridge
WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS NEWSPAPER ARTICLES WITH OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE AND OUTDATED CULTURAL REFERENCES. The Early Years: The first Japanese Canadian settlers arrive in Maple Ridge … Read More
Looking Back – The Origins of the Haney Nokai in a Clash of Cultures
In 2006, William Hashizume translated a manuscript from the Haney Nokai covering the period from 1919 to the late 1930’s. Written by Yasutaro Yamaga, it … Read More
Looking Back – Buddhist Temple Boards
When Garnet Morse set to work remodelling the Two Brewers Pub on Dewdney Trunk Road in 1991, in preparation for reopening, he did not know … Read More
Quaren-Tales: Stories From The Pandemic
We want to hear from you! We are asking the people of Maple Ridge to write stories, journals, letters, and poems or make drawings or … Read More
Looking Back: Birth of the Haunted House
With Halloween upon us again we at the Museum always like to reflect on our scary, spooky, and perhaps even haunted past. While we don’t … Read More
Looking Back: Rockin’ Night at the Community Hall
Today, we can find and hear music in every aspect of our lives. We have it on our morning commutes, in movies, in stores, at … Read More
Canadian Bills
These Canadian twenty-five cent banknotes all date to the year 1900. Twenty-five cent Dominion of Canada notes existed from 1870 until 1923, although that was … Read More
Iceland Coin Bracelet
This bracelet is made up of seven Icelandic coins from 1942, although the middle ones is stamped “Iceland 1945.” Four of them are two aurar … Read More