Patent Medicines
Patent medicines, which were generally neither patented nor actual medicine, were common in late nineteenth century medicine cabinets. These compounds, tinctures, liniments, and “herbal remedies” … 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: The Confectionery
May 1, 2019 In the early settler years of Maple Ridge, a familiar set of businesses were the first to come in – the industries … 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: Childhood’s Lost Days
January 28, 2019 Looking back at the history of our town we see buildings that were there and are now gone, people who were here … 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: The Potato Rock
February 20, 2019 Back in 2002 a man with a big heart and an open mind walked into the museum, a donation in hand. He … Read More
Looking Back: For the Love of Pets
November 21, 2018 From our windows of the old brickyard managers house here at Jim Hadgkiss Park, we at the Maple Ridge Museum and Archives … 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