Steveston Tram
4011 Moncton Street V7E 3A8 Richmond, BC, Canada

This 1900s photo shows the Woodward's Department Store corner at 128 West Cordova Street in Vancouver. Why Woodward's? Families took the Steveston Tram into Vancouver to see the Christmas window displays at Woodward's, Eatons and other stores until the trams stopped running in 1958. This photo is featured in the Light up the Village Tour - where we mix heritage with beautiful illuminations for a self-guided evening tour of Steveston. Find the online interactive map at https:...//bit.ly/3lFbibv or pick up a hard copy map from any of the 37 businesses participating in the Steveston Holiday Window Display competition. With seven stops including the Gulf of Georgia Cannery and Britannia Shipyards, you will have lots of opportunities to take beautiful family photos with Steveston's winter lights. We will be featuring stops from the tour in the lead up to Christmas. Photo Credit: City of Vancouver Archives photo Item # CVA 677-611. ______________________________________ Like you, we're passionate about exploring #VisitRichmondBC. But now is the time for us to stay local and support local business with just your immediate household or bubble. Let's each do our part now, so we can explore BC again soon. We're all in this together.

Some news from our Steveston Museum friends down the road...

Women’s war work pins, worn in the 1940s by a resident who was a member of the Red Cross during and after World War II. These pins would have been proudly worn ...to show their contribution to the war effort. #richmondartefact This year the Remembrance Day Committee is encouraging everyone to Remember in Place. For more information about the online ceremony and to view the live broadcast of the Remembrance Day service, please visit www.richmond.ca/remember . The ceremony will begin shortly after 10:30am on November 11, 2020. Please join us virtually to honour those who have given their lives in service of our Country. #rememberinplace

This photo was taken from the roof of the Gulf of Georgia Cannery in the winter of 1915. Four men, holding onto ropes for safety, shovel snow from the roof. As ...part of Winter in the Village, this archival photo is featured in the Light Up the Village Tour - where we mix heritage with beautiful illuminations. If you live in Richmond, you can brighten up the season by taking our free Light Up the Village self-guided evening tour of Steveston. With seven stops including the Gulf of Georgia Cannery and Britannia Shipyards, you will have lots of opportunities to take beautiful family photos with Steveston's winter lights. Find the online interactive map here https://bit.ly/3lFbibv or pick up a hard copy map from any of the 37 businesses participating in the Steveston Holiday Window Display competition. We will be featuring stops on the tour in the lead up to Christmas. Photo Credit: City of Richmond Archives photo 1987 104 19. _________________________________ Like you, we're passionate about exploring #VisitRichmondBC. But now is the time for us to stay local and support local business with just your immediate household or bubble. Let's each do our part now, so we can explore BC again soon. We're all in this together.

Vote for the Tram's window in the Steveston Holiday Window Display Contest. See the contest information below.

BC Culture Days, is now over. Thank you to Jason Sakaki who kindly loaned us his video The Sockeye Special featuring his grandfather and local historian Ron Hyde. That video has now been taken down. We still have a 2-minute video about Ted Clark and Tram Car 1220. An amateur photographer and tram enthusiast, Ted took thousands of tram images in his life time, including many of Tram Car 1220. You can watch the Ted Clark video on the Tram's Facebook page, IGTV channel and we...bsite www.richmond.ca/stevestontram Photo credit: City of Richmond Archives photo 1999 4 2 28. The photo shows the coupled Tram Cars 1203 and 1220 crossing the Lulu Island Bridge on April 21, 1957 on the Marpole - Steveston Line.

We all need some good cheer right now. Happy December 1 and happy start to Winter in the Village. We've shared Tourism Richmond's Richmond, BC post below with their link to what's happening virtually and around the village. The Steveston Tram remains closed for the moment, but we are participating in the Window Decorating competition. More details coming! For those of you in Richmond, support our local merchants in person and online where you can. For those further away, ad...d Steveston Tram and Steveston Village to your Must Visit List for 2021. We miss our visitors and hope to see you next year.

It's May 4, 1957. A young boy stands near Woodwards Station in Richmond. He sees the coupled Tram Cars 1220 and 1223 meet the 1208. Amateur photographer and tram enthusiast Ted Clark captures the moment. There's less than a year left before the trams stop running for good in February 1958. You can see more images like this one in the Steveston Tram's BC Culture Days 2-minute video "Ted Clark & Tram Car 1220". It's pinned to the top of our Facebook page, on our IGTV channel,... and on our website https://www.richmond.ca/stevestontram Want to see even more tram images? Visit the City of Richmond Archives to view the thousands of images Ted Clark took of trams and streetcars during his life. http://archives.richmond.ca/archives/interurban/ Photo credit: Ted Clark fonds, City of Richmond Archives 1999-4-3-1320

The Steveston Tram is taking part in Culture Days this year with two videos. The first one is on our FaceBook page and is called Ted Clark & Tram Car 1220.

Ted Clark was a passionate lover of trams, trains, and streetcars and an amateur photographer. During his life, he photographed thousands of rail images across the Lower Mainland, including the documenting the end of the tram car era. This 2-minute video looks at some of the images Ted took of Tram Car 1220 in the 1940s and 1950s. Tram Car 1220 is showcased at the #StevestonTram. This video was made to help celebrate #CultureDays virtually in 2020.