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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17AD_historic-port-elgin_Surrey-BC.html
River RoutesLocated near the intersection of the King George VI Highway and the Nicomekl River, the Port Elgin area has been a crossroads for various forms of traffic for thousands of years. For centuries prior to the arrival of the first European…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15SU_historic-mcmillan-expediton_Surrey-BC.html
A Trading Post on the FraserIn 1824, James McMillan of the Hudson's Bay Company and a party of forty-seven passed this shore on an exploratory trip from Fort George (Astoria) at the mouth of the Columbia River to the Fraser River. They were sent t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15HQ_farming-history_Surrey-BC.html
Preparing the LandWhen John Stewart acquired this land in 1880, only basic land clearing had occurred. The blackberry bushes and hardhack marsh provided hospitable habitat for birds and small animals, but was not suitable for successful farming.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15DY_historic-stewart-farmhouse_Surrey-BC.html
Settlement HistoryFirst Nations settlements and seasonal hunting and fishing camps existed at the mouths of rivers and along the coastal shoreline for thousands of years before Europeans reached the West Coast. These sites were near plentiful reso…
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Community BuildingThe first permanent structure in Elgin was the Elgin Hotel (1870). It was built as a convenient stop-over point for travellers between New Westminster and Blaine.
In 1875, four years before the incorporation of the District Mu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15C1_the-semiahmoo-trail_Surrey-BC.html
This trail was an ancient Indian travel-way linking tribal villages in the south to salmon grounds of the Fraser River.The first white explorers, lead by Chief Trader James McMillan of the Hudson's Bay Company passed here in December of 1824.Using…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM113M_randall-building_Vancouver-BC.html
Built in 1929 for the brokerage firm S.W. Randall Company, this commercial building is a good example of the design of the city's downtown office development at the time of the Great Depression. The brick cladding is enriched by the terra cotta pa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10XR_ferguson-point_Vancouver-BC.html
This area was the site of a coast defence fort manned during WW II1939-1945
by The Royal Canadian ArtilleryBatteries31st Heavy58th Heavy85th Heavy
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10WB_bc-permanent-building_Vancouver-BC.html
This small scale but well-executed example of Beaux-Arts classicism was designed by Thomas Hooper (the architect of Shaughnessy's Hycroft Mansion) and Elwood Watkins. Built in 1907 for Thomas Talton Langlois' BC Permanent Loan Company, after 1935 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10W5_326-west-pender-street_Vancouver-BC.html
This building is an integral part of the Victory Square area dating back to 1929. The facade was renovated in 1948 by architect W.H. Birmingham. It was given Neo-classical treatments including a decorative cornice installed below the original corb…