[Bcma-l] Delta Museum & Archives News Release
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*NEWS RELEASE*
* *
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*
*July 15, 2008*
*High and Dry: The Struggle for Ladner Harbour *
* *
*/Delta, BC/** *-- Deposits of sediment and silt have always been a
problem for Ladner Harbour's shallow entrance. Since the latter half of
the 1800s, this old deep water channel coursing by Ladner's Landing and
Port Guichon was routinely threatened with sediment. Fishermen, the
Board of Trade and ferry passengers routinely called for dredging in
fear that the harbour would eventually be left high and dry.
The Delta Museum and Archives' exhibit /"High and Dry: the struggle for
Ladner Harbour 1880 to 2000" /traces the natural and engineered changes
to Ladner's waterfront, from the port's hey day to its recent
revitalization.
Ladner's position at the junction of the Fraser River and Chillukthan
Slough, its deep water frontage and strategic location between Victoria
and New Westminster made it Delta's first major port and urban center.
In 1875, Ladner Harbour's first wharf was built by the federal
government, thereby highlighting its importance as a transit point and
destination.
The Fraser River, including the Ladner Channel, was dredged for the
first time in 1880 by a clam shell type dredge. In the past, Ladner
Reach was regularly dredged, often annually, by federal Public Works.
The river was expected to carry dredged piles of sand and mud out to
sea, but the dredging crew inevitably found themselves working in the
channel the following season. The harbour's entrance, now 7 to 8 feet
deep at low tide, was last dredged in 2000 at a cost of $250,000 and the
inner harbour in 1987. Tides bring mud into the harbour at a slow but
inexorable rate -- and so the struggle continues!
On display at the Delta Museum and Archives' temporary gallery, July 15
to December 21, 2008, this exhibit is a chronological compilation of
photographs, maps, reports, records and newspaper clippings that looks
at the history that shaped the development of the harbour and how the
role the harbour has played has changed over the years.
Accompanying the exhibit is a carefully crafted and detailed model,
built by volunteer Ken Atkey. Based on original research, the model is
an overview of the wharf that once moored ships such as the New Delta
ferry and the SS Transfer sternwheeler.
/Established in 1969, the Delta Museum and Archives is a not-for-profit
society whose mission is to capture, research and preserve stories,
records and objects of Delta; promote community identity and facilitate
access to our community's rich history and diverse culture through
education, exhibits and reference services for all present and future
generations.///
/The Delta Museum and Archives is located in the heart of Ladner Village
at 4858 Delta Street and is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00am to
4:30pm. For further information, please call 604-946-9322./
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*/For more information or to obtain a photo that accommodates this news
release, please contact:/*
/Cindy Sale, Administrative Assistant/
/Delta Museum & Archives/
/Tel: 604-946-9314 E-mail: csale@deltamuseum.ca/
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face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"
lang="EN-CA">NEWS RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><b><font
face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"
lang="EN-CA">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><b><font
face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"
lang="EN-CA">July 15, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><font
face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"
lang="EN-CA">High and Dry: The Struggle for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Ladner</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Harbour</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"
lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><font
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"
lang="EN-CA">Delta, BC</span></font></i></b><b><font face="Arial"
size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"
lang="EN-CA"> </span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-CA">–
Deposits of sediment and silt have always been a problem for <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ladner</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Harbour</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>’s
shallow entrance. Since the latter half of the 1800s, this old deep
water
channel coursing by Ladner’s Landing and Port Guichon was routinely
threatened with sediment. Fishermen, the Board of Trade and ferry
passengers
routinely called for dredging in fear that the harbour would eventually
be left
high and dry.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"
lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"
lang="EN-CA">The <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Delta</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType> and Archives’ exhibit <i><span
style="font-style: italic;">“High and Dry: the struggle for <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ladner</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Harbour</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
1880 to 2000” </span></i>traces the natural and engineered changes to
Ladner’s waterfront, from the port’s hey day to its recent
revitalization. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"
lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"
lang="EN-CA">Ladner’s position
at the junction of the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Fraser</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">River</st1:PlaceName> and Chillukthan Slough,
its deep water frontage
and strategic location between <st1:State w:st="on">Victoria</st1:State>
and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Westminster</st1:place></st1:City>
made it
Delta’s first major port and urban center. In 1875, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ladner</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Harbour</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>’s
first wharf was built by the federal government, thereby highlighting
its
importance as a transit point and destination.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"
lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"
lang="EN-CA">The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Fraser</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">River</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>,
including the Ladner Channel, was dredged for the first time in 1880 by
a clam
shell type dredge. In the past, Ladner Reach was regularly dredged,
often annually,
by federal Public Works. The river was expected to carry dredged piles
of sand
and mud out to sea, but the dredging crew inevitably found themselves
working
in the channel the following season. The harbour’s entrance, now 7 to
8
feet deep at low tide, was last dredged in 2000 at a cost of $250,000
and the
inner harbour in 1987. Tides bring mud into the harbour at a slow but
inexorable rate – and so the struggle continues!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"
lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"
lang="EN-CA">On display at the Delta
Museum and Archives’ temporary gallery, July 15 to December 21, 2008,
this
exhibit is a chronological compilation of photographs, maps, reports,
records
and newspaper clippings that looks at the history that shaped the
development of
the harbour and how the role the harbour has played has changed over
the years.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"
lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"
lang="EN-CA">Accompanying the exhibit
is a </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">carefully
crafted and detailed model, built by
volunteer Ken Atkey. Based on original research, the model is an
overview of
the wharf </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-CA">that once
moored ships such as the
New Delta ferry and the SS Transfer sternwheeler. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"
lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><font face="Arial"
size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;"
lang="EN-GB">Established
in 1969, the Delta Museum and Archives is a not-for-profit society
whose
mission is to capture, research and preserve stories, records and
objects of
Delta; promote community identity and facilitate access to our
community’s
rich history and diverse culture through education, exhibits and
reference
services for all present and future generations.</span></font></i><i><font
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;"
lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"
lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><font face="Arial"
size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;"
lang="EN-GB">The <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Delta</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType>
and Archives is located in the heart of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Ladner</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Village</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">4858 Delta Street</st1:address></st1:Street>
and is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00am to 4:30pm. For further
information,
please call 604-946-9322.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">-30-<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"
lang="EN-CA">For
more information or to obtain a photo that accommodates this news
release,
please contact:<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;"
lang="EN-CA">Cindy Sale,
Administrative Assistant<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;"
lang="EN-CA">Delta Museum &
Archives<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;"
lang="EN-CA">Tel: 604-946-9314
E-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:csale@deltamuseum.ca">csale@deltamuseum.ca</a></span></font></i><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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