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Trinity Church, New Westminster, 1860

This photograph is taken from the 1907 anniversary edition of The Emigrant Soldiers’ Gazette and Cape Horn Chronicle. This Trinity Church burned down in 1865, as did the […]

Old Yale Road winding through the bush, ca. 1900

Photograph of an unknown portion of the Old Yale Road.

Plaque commemorating the Cariboo Wagon Road, 2017

This plaque was installed by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada and is located along the Fraser River in Yale, BC.

The wagon road at the 17 mile post. Road to goldfields

Construction of the Cariboo Wagon Road began in 1862 and continued until 1865. It spanned roughly 650 kilometers, providing a route from Fort Yale to Barkerville. Two of […]

The Hastings Sawmill, 1872

The Hastings Sawmill started production in 1867 on the south side of Burrard Inlet.

Insane Asylum, Hospital Point, Victoria; built as the Royal Hospital in 1859; asylum from 1872 to 1878

A photograph of the Victoria Lunatic Asylum at Hospital Point, Victoria, ca. 1872. The Asylum was built on land that had been part of the Songhees Aboriginal Reserve […]

Royal City Planing Mills, New Westminster, ca. 1888

A view of New Westminster, taken from the top of the James Cunningham house on Agnes Street near the corner of Eighth Street. The Royal City Planing Mills […]

The Jackman’s first Aldergrove house, ca. 1890

Philip Jackman in front of what is believed to be Sarah and Philip’s first house in Aldergrove.

The Shortreed’s Store, ca. 1895

Robert Shortreed homesteaded and opened his store on the corner of what was then called Yale and County Line Roads, (now Fraser Highway and 264th Street). The Shortreed […]

Downtown Aldergrove, ca. 1914

A view of the Yale Road through downtown Aldergrove.

Murray’s Corners, ca. 1890

A view of Murray’s Corners (in Murrayville, Langley), from the Old Yale Road.

The Davidson and Riddell Store at Murray’s Corner, ca. 1888

The municipal council often met at the Riddell Hall for their council meetings. It is very likely that the hall that was referred to was the upstairs portion […]