Monday, June 5, 2023

1931 Census

So the 1931 Census has been released, still waiting for more features to be added though :(

 Public Hospital for the Insane, New Westminster 192 male; 210 female. Total population 402.  10 pages.

     Colony Farm  244 male; 6 female. Total population 250.          6 pages

     Provincial Industrial School , Coquitlam.  158 males; 9 female. Total population 167.           5 pages 

      Provincial Mental Hospital ( Essondale )  1209 male; 813 female; Total population 2022.   42 pages

 

 Provincial Mental Home, Colquitz     264 males; 1 female. Total population 265.   8 pages

 Provincial Home, Kamloops.  153 male; 1 female. Total population 154.  5 pages.
 Tranquille Sanatorium.  329 male; 239 female. Total population 568.   13 pages.

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Save the Riverview Hospital lands

The Riverview Hospital lands, are under pressure to be developed into market housing. Help to save the lands as a healing sanctuary for the mentally ill of OUR Province.



Please join the Riverview Horticultural Centre Society,( RHCS ) Facebook page. Twitter too!

Please sign the On-line petition or download a Word document petition ,which is a more official type of petition.
Blogs, about the hospital grounds
Mike Farnworth,MLA; Facebook forum " Protect the Riverview Lands"
And another Facebook group: Riverview Preservation Society
this group also has a petition to sign.

Click-able Map of the Riverview site

BISCO -- Brookside-Leeside-Roadside -- Centre Lawn -- Colony Farm
Crease Clinic -- East Lawn -- Essondale Hospital
Finnie's Garden -- Henry Esson Young -- Hillside unit
Home for the Aged-Valleyview -- North Lawn
Nurses homes -- Pennington Hall -- TreeFest -- West Lawn
John Davidson; "Botany John" blog. He was the first Provincial Botanist, who created British Columbia's first Botanical Garden at Riverview.
Other groups involved Riverview Horticultural Centre Society
Who also have a media NEWS Blog
You can also download a 42 page report titled, For the future of Riverview created by the Riverview Task Force.
Or Burke Mountain Naturalists, report: The Riverview Hospital Site, Respecting its Past,Realizing its Future
Coquitlam has designated the buildings and grounds, as a heritage site.
Download the Statement of Significance; SoS report PDF

Tour through the grounds


Paul Buikema, of Progress Landscaping, created this video.

Treefest 2011 slideshow


A slideshow of images from the Tree festival of 2011. Created in HD. Enjoy.

Riverview trees

Finnie's Garden -- slideshow

Finnie's Garden -- Pond restoration slideshow

TreeFest -- slideshow