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Renowned author, strategist to present in Delta

Renowned author, strategist to present in Delta

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Delta throwback: Ladner Hotel (PHOTOS)

Delta throwback: Ladner Hotel (PHOTOS)

Let’s head back in time to early last century and check out the Ladner Hotel located on Wetsham Street, now called 48 th Avenue. In the early 1920s the hotel was destroyed by fire.
Delta throwback: More seats at local pubs

Delta throwback: More seats at local pubs

It became a lot easier to find a seat at your favorite watering hole in Delta in 2001. Council that year endorsed a number of applications to the provincial Liquor Distribution Branch by local pubs to boost their seating capacity.
Throwback: Winter days in Ladner (PHOTOS)

Throwback: Winter days in Ladner (PHOTOS)

Let's do a throwback on this winter day and check out some winter scenes from Ladner Village a century ago. Photos by the Delta Archives.
Greyhaven seeks volunteers

Greyhaven seeks volunteers

Greyhaven Exotic Bird Sanctuary in Ladner is seeking volunteers. Volunteers are needed for bird care, education and pet therapy and community events.
Delta throwback: Wadham's Cannery (PHOTOS)

Delta throwback: Wadham's Cannery (PHOTOS)

Let’s go way back in time to 1883. The above Delta Archives photos show the unloading salmon from a scow, possibly at Wadham’s Cannery in Ladner. By 1899, there were 16 canneries built on the south shore of the Fraser River in Delta alone.
Ladner throwback: Eating at the Drumstick

Ladner throwback: Eating at the Drumstick

Let's do another throwback and head back to a place that had been an eatery many years on Ladner Trunk Road. The above photo shows the dining room of the Drumstick restaurant in the early 1960s. It was also a drive-in with a pick up window.
Delta throwback: Sunshine Oldsmobile

Delta throwback: Sunshine Oldsmobile

Let's go back 40 years and check out this Delta Archives photograph of Sunshine Chevrolet Oldsmobile Car Centre, located on Crescent Island, north of the Town & Country Hotel and Shell station.
Delta throwback: Sidetrack Pub

Delta throwback: Sidetrack Pub

Let's go back to 1979 and visit the Sidetrack Pub, located under the Alex Fraser Bridge. The pub was later called Tidewaters Pub & Grill.
Delta throwback: Who are they?

Delta throwback: Who are they?

Let's take a step back in time and check out this portrait of four unidentified women and children from 1880. All we know about this photo in the Delta Archives is that it was given from the Edith Bell photograph albums.