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Delta throwback: Catching the ferry

Let's do another throwback and check out this Delta Archives photograph of Captain Brewster and the "New Delta" ferry to Steveston leaving Ladner Government Wharf. The Ladner ferry service began 1913.
Sandor Gyarmati
delta throwback
Ferry service across the south arm of the Fraser ended after the opening of the Deas Island Tunnel. Let's go back in time and check out this Delta Archives photograph of Captain Brewster and the "New Delta" ferry to Steveston leaving Ladner Government Wharf. The Ladner ferry service began around 1913. Originally running from Ladner to Steveston, the ferry was the result of community petitions and negotiation with the provincial government. By 1931, the demand for crossing had reportedly reached the point that conventionally-sized river ferries took over the route, causing even longer traffic backups on No. 5 Road in Richmond and in Ladner .Delta Archives

Let's do another throwback and check out this Delta Archives photograph of Captain Brewster and the "New Delta" ferry to Steveston leaving Ladner Government Wharf.

The Ladner ferry service began 1913.

Originally running from Ladner to Steveston, the ferry was the result of community petitions and negotiation with the provincial government.

By 1931, the demand for crossing had reportedly reached the point that conventionally-sized river ferries took over the route, causing even longer traffic backups on No. 5 Road in Richmond and in Ladner .

The service ceased when the Deas Island Tunnel opened in 1959.