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Object Description

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

5527

Title

Maple Ridge High School Grads dancing on the Albion Ferry on their way to Maple Ridge.

Date

8 Jun. 1957.

Description

Maple Ridge High School Grads dancing on the Albion Ferry on their way from Langley to Maple Ridge. It was 6:30AM, and the grads had been up all night and were outside dancing on the new ferry service to stay awake. The grads were the only ones on the ferry at this hour.

Photo Inscription/Caption

Dancing on Ferry on June 8, 1957
Bernice Bailey (far right), Darlene Denton and Richard Livesey (centre front), May Van Boeyen and Art Gerbrant (right back), Ken ___ and Joan Kirkwood (centre back), Kay Pallot and Mac Hartley (left back), Ken and I (ext

People/Subject

Albion Ferry (boat)

The ferry crossing between Fort Langley and Albion (Maple Ridge) was opened to the public in June 1957. Local sometimes MPs Alex Hope and J.J. McLellan fought for the ferry, and although originally a bridge was hoped for, it is believed that the bridge was built out towards Harridon instead because of political powers at the time. Members of the local Board of Trade, including Don and Charlie Reid and Roy Seney, also fought for the ferry.

Fraser River, stɑl̓əw̓, stó:lō

Maple Ridge High School

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