Coquitlam Public Library

Ferries & fjord, the history of Indian Arm, its ferries & docks, travelling post offices & floating grocery stores, by Ralph Drew

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Ferries & fjord

by Ralph Drew

the history of Indian Arm, its ferries & docks, travelling post offices & floating grocery stores

The rugged mountain wilderness surrounding Indian Arm meant that water access by either private boat or commercial ferry were the only practical options, and those boats and ferries required docks both as a home base and a means of accessing the places of settlement along the fjord. During most of the 20th-century the ferries, travelling post offices and floating grocery stores were unique and critical services to the many small communities scattered along the Indian Arm fjord. As a result, the history of Indian Arm was shaped by the necessary emergence of ferry commerce for both industry and settlement, and this new book is about this unique time in the history of the Lower Mainland.--belcarra.ca

History of Indian Arm, its ferries & docks, travelling post offices & floating grocery stores