W.J.Moore panorama's 1913-4

from the Georgia Strait

Coquitlam's Colony Farm is a hidden oasis

Colony Farm 1914

1921 Colony Farm

CPR station, located in the middle top area of the map

1920 Colony Farm

Notice how Pitt River Road, is named Dewdney Trunk Road

1919 Colony Farm

1914 Colony Farm

The CPR station shows up on this map in the far left, as a black pie-shaped object, just inland from the steamer landing. This is the earliest map, I have of the property.

Veterans Unit at Colony Farm in 1949

Aerial view in 1928

From the 1928 Hospital annual report

Farm House,(Farm Cottage) 1924

This building housed the patients who worked the farm. The building was removed many years ago.

Clydesdale at Colony Farm 1924

"Colony Lady Pride" They actively bred Clydesdales at Colony Farm.

Holstein herd 1913

Holstein herd at Colony Farm in 1913, note the drover in the background.

Clearing of Colony Farm 1910

Clearing of Colony Farm in 1910, they eventually utilized six Donkey engines to clear the site.

Dredging at Colony Farm in 1910

Dredging the ditches at Colony Farm in 1910.

Colony Farm 1921 map

Note the sloughs on this map, they have nearly all been filled in through the years. The Indian Reserve, shows where the Catholic church was, since destroyed.

Colony Farm 1920 map

The fields were all numbered, extensive records of the production of each field still exist in the Hospital annual reports. Map is from the 1921 annual report.

The tank house on the right, missing its water tower today. The Farm "Cottage" on the left,now gone. Essondale,(Riverview) Hospital visible in the distance.

Map of Colony Farm 1914

This is the earliest map that I have been able to find of Colony Farm. Notice the two steamer landings!. Paddlewheelers at one time also over-wintered in the Coquitlam River, to escape the river ice in the Fraser River.

Tank House in 2006

The Tank House,(Bunkhouse) in 2006, before the roof was rebuilt later on 2006.

Farm managers house

The farm managers house at Colony Farm in 2006, with a new roof.