In Memorium: Sheila Nickols
Sheila Nickols, Past- President of the Maple Ridge Historical Society, museum curator and history writer passed away on October 31, 2020 at the age of … Read More
Looking Back: Memorial Peace Park
Let’s go on an adventure. As most of us are not going on physical adventures at the moment we are going to use our imaginations, … 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
Looking Back: The Tent-Shaped Rock
This tale should come with a warning – do not be lured by the greed for gold to go in search of a tent-shaped rock … Read More
Looking Back: Class of ’54
In June of 1953, the Grade 11 class at Maple Ridge Junior-Senior High School decorated the hall for the Grade 12 graduation ceremonies. The morning … Read More
Looking Back: Epidemic 1918
The last episode of world-wide quarantine was in 1918, just over 100 years ago. We did not have a local newspaper at the time but … Read More
Looking Back: Quarantine!
Most people think that communities like Maple Ridge incorporated in the 1870’s to get themselves identified as a unit that could bargain with senior governments … Read More
Port Hammond’s Presbyterian Women
The first Presbyterian Church in Port Hammond was built in 1910. The congregation had been meeting for some time in a local hall and it … Read More
Looking Back: The Mysterious Death of Daniel Haney
Daniel Thomas Haney was the third child and second son of Thomas Haney and his wife Anne. Unlike his older brother Frank, Daniel chose to … Read More