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Steveston
Steveston, founded in the 1880s, is a neighbourhood of Richmond in Metro Vancouver. On the southwest tip of Lulu Island, the village is a historic port and salmon canning centre at the mouth of the South Arm of the Fraser River. The early 1900s style architecture attracts both the film and tourism industries. History Pioneers The village is named for Manoah Steves, who arrived with his family around 1877–1878 from Moncton, New Brunswick, via Chatham, Ontario. Born Manoah Steeves, a second cousin of William Steeves, he dropped the second 'e' en route. The family was the first white settlers in the area. The townsite began in 1880 as a crown grant to William Herbert Steves, his son. During the following decade, over 100 individuals purchased land in this original section comprising a grid pattern of 237 small lots. Becoming Steveston in 1889, this area south of today's Steveston Highway and west of No. 1 Rd. was the first subdivision in Richmond. In 1887, London's Landing, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steveston Museum 2016
Steveston, founded in the 1880s, is a neighbourhood of Richmond in Metro Vancouver. On the southwest tip of Lulu Island, the village is a historic port and salmon canning centre at the mouth of the South Arm of the Fraser River. The early 1900s style architecture attracts both the film and tourism industries. History Pioneers The village is named for Manoah Steves, who arrived with his family around 1877–1878 from Moncton, New Brunswick, via Chatham, Ontario. Born Manoah Steeves, a second cousin of William Steeves, he dropped the second 'e' en route. The family was the first white settlers in the area. The townsite began in 1880 as a crown grant to William Herbert Steves, his son. During the following decade, over 100 individuals purchased land in this original section comprising a grid pattern of 237 small lots. Becoming Steveston in 1889, this area south of today's Steveston Highway and west of No. 1 Rd. was the first subdivision in Richmond. In 1887, London's Landing, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond, British Columbia
Richmond is a coastal city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. It occupies almost the entirety of Lulu Island (excluding Queensborough), between the two estuarine distributaries of the Fraser River. Encompassing the adjacent Sea Island (where the Vancouver International Airport is located) and several other smaller islands and uninhabited islets to its north and south, it neighbours Vancouver and Burnaby on the Burrard Peninsula to the north, New Westminster and Annacis Island to the east, Delta to the south, and the Strait of Georgia to the west. The Coast Salish peoples were the first people to inhabit the area of Richmond, with the Musqueam Band naming the site near Terra Nova "spələkʷəqs" or "boiling point". As a member municipality of Metro Vancouver, Richmond is composed of eight local neighbourhoods: Sea Island, City Centre, Thompson, West Richmond, Steveston, South Arm, East Richmond and Hamilton. As of 2022, the city has an estimated pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Steveston Museum
The Steveston Museum is located at 3811 Moncton Street in the heart of the village of Steveston, British Columbia, Canada. The building is owned by the City of Richmond and is run by the Steveston Historical Society. Erected in 1905 during a cannery boom period, the building housed Steveston's first bank. Changing Times The prefabricated building was selected by Northern Bank from the BC Mills Timber and Trading Co. catalog and shipped down the Fraser River by barge from New Westminster New Westminster (colloquially known as New West) is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It was founded by Major-General Richard Moody as the capita .... It remained a bank until 1963, when it became Dr. J.M. Campbell's medical practice. In 1979, the building opened as The Steveston Museum and Post Office. Today, it is surrounded by traditional wooden boardwalks and contains exhibits about life i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Columbia Electric Railway
The British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER) was an historic railway which operated in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Originally the parent company for, and later a division of, BC Electric Company (now BC Hydro), the BCER assumed control of existing streetcar and interurban lines in southwestern British Columbia in 1897, and operated the electric railway systems in the region until the last interurban service was discontinued in 1958. During and after the streetcar era, BC Electric also ran bus and trolleybus systems in Greater Vancouver and bus service in Greater Victoria; these systems subsequently became part of BC Transit, and the routes in Greater Vancouver eventually came under the control of TransLink. Trolley buses still run in the City of Vancouver with one line extending into Burnaby. History Streetcar and interurban services were inaugurated in southwestern British Columbia between 1890 and 1891, operated by the following companies: * National Electric Tramw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homma Elementary School
Richmond School District (School District No. 38) is a school district based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. The school board serves the city of Richmond. Schools As of 2016 the district has 38 primary schools, 10 secondary schools, and one alternative school. The Richmond School District (SD38) believes in a hands on learning approach and is less worried about the grades of their students, but rather the actual skills of their students. Elementary schools Secondary schools Prior to 1996, Richmond had separate Junior Secondary Schools (grades 8–10) and Senior Secondary Schools (grades 11–12). Starting in 1996, the district began a two-year merging process that changed all high schools to be Grades 8 to 12 inclusive. Alternate schools *Station Stretch *Richmond Virtual School Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manoah Steves
Manoah Steves (originally Steeves) (1828-1897) was the founder of Steveston, British Columbia, which is named in his honour. The village has since been amalgamated into the city of Richmond in Metro Vancouver. Family Steves was a descendant of Heinrich Stief and Regina Stahlecker, founders of the Steeves family in North America. As a Stief descendant, Steves is a second cousin of William Steeves, a Father of Canadian Confederation. He is also the great-grandfather of Richmond politician Harold Steves, who as of 2021 owns the farm founded by Manoah. Life Born in New Brunswick, in 1868 Steves moved to Ontario with his wife Martha, followed by a brief sojourn in the American state of Maryland. In 1877, they moved to Lulu Island and purchased 400 acres in the southwest part of the island. Sometime after moving west, Steves replaced the double-e in his surname with a single "e". Upon settling on Lulu Island, Steves established a dairy farm and imported the first purebred Holstein cattle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond Fire Rescue Department
Richmond Fire-Rescue is responsible for providing both fire and extrication services in Richmond, British Columbia. Richmond Fire-Rescue is also contracted to provide back up airside emergency response services to Vancouver International Airport as it is needed. History Established in 1897, the Richmond Fire-Rescue Department's history can be traced back to the Steveston Fire Department created in 1912 for the Steveston canneries. This department had a full-time paid fire chief with 24 fire-fighters; it ceased to exists in about 1917 for unknown reasons. In 1922 the Brighouse Volunteer Fire Department was created and received a $100 grant from the Municipal Council. After 2 years of operation, in 1924, this department closed down. Due to the onset of WWII, the Air Raid Protection (A.R.P.) was established and encompassed the whole island in an organised fashion for the first time. Richmond was divided into 6 districts, each with its own brigade. When the war ended, the (A.R.P.) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomekichi Homma
Tomekichi "Tomey" Homma (1865–1945) was a Canadian who was one of the first Japanese settlers of Steveston, which is now part of Richmond, British Columbia. He fought for the right to vote for Japanese-Canadians in provincial elections. Early life and work Homma was born in Japan to a Samurai-caste family. He emigrated 1883 and settled in Steveston and was naturalized as a British subject in 1896 (until 1947, Canadians were classified as British subjects). In Steveston, Homma was a labour organizer and founded the Japanese Fishermen’s Benevolent Society. Homma was also a key figure in the construction of the first Japanese school and a fishermen’s hospital in what is now Richmond; as well, he founded the first Japanese-language daily paper in Canada, the ''Canada Shinpo''. Court case for voting rights Homma also fought for Asian-Canadian suffrage. Because he was denied the right to vote because of his ethnicity, Homma took the province of British Columbia to court. Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lulu Island
Lulu Island is the name of the largest island in the estuary of the Fraser River, located south of Vancouver, British Columbia, and the second-most populous island in British Columbia, after Vancouver Island. The city of Richmond occupies most of the island, while a small section at the eastern tip, known as Queensborough, is part of the city of New Westminster. Lulu Island is situated between the two principal arms of the Fraser River estuary across and downstream from the City of New Westminster. The Middle Arm of the Fraser River separates it on the northwest from Sea Island, the site of Vancouver International Airport, which, despite its name, is also part of the City of Richmond. At the western edge of the island lies Sturgeon Bank, a large sandbank which falls off into the Strait of Georgia on its western edge. History Lulu Island was named in 1862 by Richard Moody, after Lulu Sweet, a popular showgirl, possibly of Kanaka (Hawaiian) origin, who had bought property t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steveston Fisherman's Memorial
The Steveston Fisherman's Memorial is a freestanding memorial commemorating the lives and deaths of fishermen working out of Steveston, British Columbia. It takes the form of a giant fishing net A fishing net is a Net (device), net used for fishing. Nets are devices made from fibers woven in a grid-like structure. Some fishing nets are also called fish traps, for example #Fyke nets, fyke nets. Fishing nets are usually meshes formed by ... needle and stands a few metres from the sea at Garry Point Park. The memorial contains a large number of names of fishermen who died at sea, and the following words: :''May 4, 1996'' :''This memorial honours all the fishermen of our community who have'' :''lost their lives in the pursuit of their profession.'' :''Their courage, dedication and contribution to the development of our'' :''community will never be forgotten."'' Monuments and memorials in British Columbia Buildings and structures in Richmond, British Columbia History o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Canadian Internment
From 1942 to 1949, Canada forcibly relocated and incarcerated over 22,000 Japanese Canadians—comprising over 90% of the total Japanese Canadian population—from British Columbia in the name of "national security". The majority were Canadian citizens by birth and were targeted based on their ancestry. This decision followed the events of the Japanese Empire's war in the Pacific against the Western Allies, such as the invasion of Hong Kong, the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and the Fall of Singapore which led to the Canadian declaration of war on Japan during World War II. Similar to the actions taken against Japanese Americans in neighbouring United States, this forced relocation subjected many Japanese Canadians to government-enforced curfews and interrogations, job and property losses, and forced repatriation to Japan.Jordan Stanger-Ross ed., ''Landscapes of Injustice: A New Perspective on the Internment and Dispossession of Japanese Canadians'' (Montreal: McGill-Queen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulf Of Georgia Cannery
The Gulf of Georgia Cannery is a National Historic Site of Canada located in Steveston village in Richmond, British Columbia. Built in 1894, the cannery echoes the days when it was the leading producer of canned salmon in British Columbia. Today it is a museum with interactive exhibits, film, and tours that demonstrate the Cannery's important role in the history of Canada's West Coast fishing industry. The Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society, a non-profit community organization, operates the site on behalf of Parks Canada. History Early years The cannery opened in 1894, in the boomtown of Steveston on the lower Fraser River. It was the largest cannery in British Columbia until 1902. It was known as the "Monster Cannery" - packing more than 2.5 million cans of salmon in 1897. Each canning season attracted a workforce of hundreds of workers, usually of First Nations, Chinese, Japanese, and European descent. At the time, fish canning was one of British Columbia's largest employers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
