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Webster's Corners

Webster's Corners took its name from its first postmaster – James Murray Webster. The final "s" on "Corners" is significant. In those days, when you were lucky to find even one road going in your direction, a cross-street was a significant find. A person who lived on a jog in the road or on a "dog leg" where the road followed section lines around a 90 degree corner, might find their name applied to a "Corner". But in order to qualify for "Corners", you had to have four of them – a full intersection and nothing less. This was a mark of distinction that was not lost on Mr. Webster who was reportedly fond of standing out in the middle of "his" intersection to dispense the mail.

Good farmland along the Dewdney Trunk Road – really little more than a trail – attracted settlers along with small scale logging and milling operations to produce shingle bolts. The Dewdney Trunk itself was a source of income as constant maintenance was required to keep it passable and later to erect and maintain the power transmission lines from the powerhouse at Ruskin. The hauling and spreading of gravel has been an issue since earliest days.

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Also check out the Maple Ridge Community Archives Photo Collection – Webster's Corners.

Post Office Organizations
  • Webster's Corners Post Office
  • Women's Peace Group
  • Young Socialists
  • The Co-ops
  • Brass Bands
Schools Special Features
  • Webster's Corners Elementary School
  • Garibaldi Secondary
  • Blue Mountain elementary
  • Harold Johnson School
  • Pacific Vocational Institute
  • Significance of "corners"
  • Cliff Falls
  • Finnish community
  • planked roads
  • saunas
  • Federal & Provincial prison facilities
  • seated human figure bowls
  • The Long Bridge
Commercial Enterprises Founding Families
  • Kirkpatrick's Store
  • Selkirk Mill
  • Webber Mill & Commercial Lumber Co.
  • Webster
  • Docksteader
  • Hinch
  • Ansell
  • Lilley
  • Skytte
  • Katainen
  • Saari
  • Foster
  • Hinch
  • Humphreys
  • Martin, Origen
  • Minty
  • Rauma
  • Toikka
  • Trethewey
  • Salmi
  • Japanese families
Churches & Halls
  • Webster's Corners United church
  • Sampo Hall

 

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