history
Articles tagged history on Tri-Cities Daily.
Maillardville and Festival du Bois: Coquitlam's French heart
Maillardville was founded in 1909 by French Canadian mill workers recruited to Fraser Mills. Their legacy lives on in Festival du Bois each March.
Terry Fox's Port Coquitlam: the hometown behind the Marathon of Hope
Terry Fox grew up in Port Coquitlam, starred at the high school now named for him, and planned the Marathon of Hope here. The story of PoCo's famous son.
Burnaby Village Museum: the free 1920s village at Deer Lake Park
Burnaby Village Museum recreates a 1920s village with 31 buildings, a 1912 carousel, and a restored interurban tram. Admission is free, at Deer Lake Park.
Mill Lake: the Abbotsford mill pond that became the city's front yard
Mill Lake anchors central Abbotsford with a loop trail and boardwalks, but it began as a Sto:lo fishery and boomed as one of BC's biggest sawmill sites.
Fort Langley: the birthplace of BC, an easy day trip east
Fort Langley National Historic Site preserves the 1827 Hudson's Bay Company post where BC was proclaimed in 1858. What to see and how to visit.
Queen's Park: New Westminster's 1887 original, BC's first park
Queen's Park opened in 1887 for Queen Victoria's golden jubilee and was BC's first public park. Its arena, petting farm, trails, and 135 years of stories.
Historic Stewart Farm: Surrey's 1890s farmhouse on the Nicomekl River
Historic Stewart Farm preserves an 1890s farmhouse and 54 acres on the Nicomekl River in South Surrey, once the heart of a 440-acre family farm.
Riverview Hospital: the story of Coquitlam's Essondale grounds
Riverview Hospital opened in 1913, once housed 4,725 patients, and shaped Coquitlam for a century. Its history, 2012 closure, and what stands there now.
Ioco: the company town Imperial Oil built on Port Moody's shore
Ioco began in 1914 as housing for Imperial Oil's new refinery and grew into a planned townsite. It is now a protected heritage area in Port Moody.
POMO Museum: Port Moody's railway station that became a time capsule
The POMO Museum occupies Port Moody's second CPR train station, moved by truck in 1978. Inside: a 1921 sleeper car and a barrel of postcards.
Fraser Mills: the sawmill town that built Coquitlam rises again
Fraser Mills was a company sawmill town and its own municipality from 1913. Its mill closed in 2001; now a 5,500-home waterfront community rises there.