ENGL218 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Richmond, British Columbia, William Steeves, Manoah
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Steveston was originally a small town founded in 1880 by william herbert steves near vancouver, It has since been absorbed into the city of richmond, british columbia. Steveston village is a historic salmon canning centre at the mouth of the south arm of the fraser river, on the southwest tip of lulu island in richmond, british columbia. Steveston salmon festival on july 1, canada day. The most southwestern tip of this southwestern suburb contains garry point park, the site of the. The village is named for manoah steves, who arrived with his family around 1877-1878 from moncton, Born manoah steeves, a second cousin of william steeves, he dropped the second "e" en route. Manoah and his family were the first white family to settle in the area. Steves" son william herbert actually developed the townsite, which became steveston in 1889.