Years before the opening of the Deas Island Tunnel there was another way to get out of South Delta in addition to the ferry service.
White Star Motor Line had a fleet of coaches operating from Ladner to Vancouver.
The coaches were also known as jitneys. The service from Ladner to Vancouver began in 1918. White Star was absorbed by the B.C. Rapid Transit Company Ltd. in 1926, which itself would join Pacific Stage Lines immediately following the Second World War.
The above photo shows a vehicle in 1920.
A 1924 photo of Doug Coates standing beside a jitney from White Star Motor Line Ltd. The Lanning Fawcett & Wilson Ltd. store at Ladner Harbour is in the background
White Star Motor Line jitneys in Stanley Park in 1926
