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.

Aerial view in 1928

From the 1928 Hospital 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.

Tank House in 2006

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

Colony Farm barns

This picture was taken from the roof of the Tank House,(Bunkhouse) in 1911. All that remains is the brick wall in the foreground, and the rebuilt tankhouse.

Tank House,(Bunkhouse) during 1921 flood