Saturday, November 30, 2013

A few pictures from the Coquitlam 100 years, book

Recently the Coquitlam Library appears to have put up some of the pictures from the Coquitlam 100 years book, onto the web HERE


Clydesdale and handler.  LINK
               Colony Farm in the early years raised some high-class Clydesdales, some were imported from Scotland, but most were sourced in the U.S.A.
 Dairy at Colony Farm 1915   LINK

Bell tower in Colony Farm, 1921  photo: Jenny Lenihan    LINK
This is the oldest building still standing at Colony Farm, Riverview in its day it was known as the tank house, because the tower contained a large wooden water tank, all since long removed with the wooden protection, walls, and the porch clearly shown here is also long removed.


 Workers preparing land at Colony Farms 1913  LINK


Dike Breaking at Riverview Hospital 1931 (1921 more likely )  LINK

This appears to be on the Port Coquitlam side of the farm, commonly called the Wilson Farm,(which was really further north than here) the wooden building I believe was something to do with feeding the pigs, sheep, cattle at various times in its history.

Friday, November 15, 2013

Friday, November 01, 2013

Sheep Paddocks trail, open house

Sheep Paddocks Trail Alignment Study

Where:   Poirier Library,  575 Poirier Street, Coquitlam
When:   4:00 PM to 8:00 PM    November 7, 2013
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This has been a number of years in the brewing, as usual it will cost the taxpayer dearly to get this trail opened up again.



NA-39905  BC Archives.  Flooded CPR tracks 30 May 1948
Sheep Paddocks is the entirely flooded area in this picture above the CPR tracks, that run diagonal through this image. The present area under study is to the left of the five trees, sadly now long gone.


Farm Cottage I

Farm Cottage I

Farm Cottage II

Farm Cottage  II

Farm Cottage III

Farm Cottage III

Farm Cottage IV

Farm Cottage  IV

Farm Cottage V

Farm Cottage  V

Farm Cottage VI

Farm Cottage  VI

Farm Cottage VII

Farm Cottage VII

Farm Cottage VIII

Farm Cottage VIII