• New Westminster Historical Information

• The Fraser Cemetery

• The Cariboo Gold Rush

• The Lost History of The Royal Marine Light Infantry In British Columbia

• In Their Own Words: The Story of the Royal Engineers in British Columbia - Day by Day
  First hand account of the voyage of the ‘HMS Thames’ carrying the Royal Engineers from England to the colony of British Columbia

• The Camp

• New Westminster Historical Society 

• New Westminster Heritage Preservation Society

• New Westminster Police Service

• Heritage Resources Online

• Justice behind the Walls - a site dedicated to the protection of human rights in prisons

• Boot Hill: Stories from the British Columbia Penitentiary Cemetery

• Other BC Penitentiary Links

New Westminster Links

• The Dutch Dog B&B

• Shopping and Antiques

• Sightseeing in New Westminster

• Chamber of Commerce

• Arts Council

• City Council

• Library 

Bridging the Fraser
The first crossing of the Fraser River in 1883 was provided by the steam ferry "K de K" which connected New Westminster to the Brownsville Ferry Dock and the Old Yale Road. 

Surrey, in cooperation with the New Westminster Board of Trade, the New Westminster Southern Railway was built from Brownsville to the United States.  To provide a physical connection to New Westminster, a steel swing bridge was built in 1904. 

Later, in 1937, the Patullo Bridge was opened as a toll bridge. One can still see the steel swing bridge in the background.

The McBrides

The McBride gravestone in the Fraser Cemetery in New Westminster

The McBride name is prominent in the history of the Lower Mainland and in the Province and this family plot is a resting place for a number of McBrides.

Arthur McBride
The family lived in the Sapperton section of New Westminster for many years, with Arthur being involved in law and order.  In 1878 he became the first warden of the newly constructed British Columbia Penitentiary.

Sir Richard McBride
The most famous of these McBrides is Sir Richard McBride, born and raised in New Westminster, and Premier of the Province from 1903 to 1915. Sir Richard is buried in Ross Bay Cemetery in Victoria, BC.

The BC Pen, as it was known, was a landmark feature in this community from 1878 to 1980.