Historical Origin of Current Street Names

This is a very incomplete list, and I haven't done much research to come up with it. A lot of names seem to have been conceived as marketing devices for the developers; prime examples are Penny Lane, Sandpiper Avenue, or Apple Grove. I've left them in the list for completeness, marked as having No Historical Signifigance. Other obvious names such as Wharf Avenue or River Road are left to the reader's imagination.

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Abernethy Lane & Way
The Abernethy and Lougheed Logging Company was one of the largest logging companies in the province during the 1920's. They operated in the area north of Webster's Corners, up to Alouette Lake until a fire in 1929 destroyed most of the operation.
Acadia Street
Adair Street
Alouette Road
Named for the nearby Alouette River.
Alpine Crescent
NHS
Anderson Place
Ansell Street
The Ansell family were some of the earliest settlers in Webster's Corners, moving in during the late 1880's. William Ansell later became the municipality's reeve, in 1902, and again in 1917.
Apple Grove
NHS
Arbutus Place
NHS
Ashbury Court
NHS
Ashley Crescent
NHS
Aspen Place
NHS
Aurora Street & Place
NHS
Balabanian Circle
Balsam Street
NHS
Barclay Street
Barker Avenue
Barnsdale Street
Battle Avenue
Beckley Street
Bell Avenue
Berry Avenue
Best Street
Birch Avenue
NHS
Blackstock Street
Robert Blackstock owned a large farm on 124th Avenue, and was twice elected as reeve.
Blanshard Street
Blossom Street
NHS
Blue Mountain Crescent
Bosonworth Avenue
A misspelling of Bosomworth.
Boulder Place
NHS
Brickwood Close
NHS
Bromley Street
Brookmere Court
NHS
Brooks Avenue
Brown Avenue
Bruce Avenue & Place
Burnett Street
Callaghan Avenue
Named after Thomas Haney's father-in-law D. Callaghan.
Calvin Crescent
Cameron Court
Campbell Avenue
Camwood Avenue
Canuck Crescent
NHS
Carlton Street
Carr Street
Carshill Street
Cedar Way
NHS
Charlton Street
Alfred Charlton, and later his wife Mary, ran a general store in Haney for many years, which also housed the post office. Mr. Charlton died in 1907 while skating on the river.
Chatwin Avenue
Cherrington Avenue & Place
NHS
Cherry Place
NHS
Cherrywood Drive
NHS
Chigwell Street
Church Avenue
Cliff Avenue
Cliff Place
Colemore Street & Place
Cook Avenue
Cottonwood Drive
NHS
Crawford Street
Creekside Street & Lane
NHS
Creston Street
Cunningham Avenue
Cutler Place
Dale Drive
JM Dale ran a general store on Maple Crescent from the 1890's until the 1920's.
Darby Street
Dartford Street
Davison Street
The Davison family owned large farms in the area of 124th Avenue, and provided land for the present Maple Ridge Secondary. Thomas Davison served on the school board for 25 years.
Dawson Place
Delcrest Street
Deniza Avenue
Dewdney Trunk Road
Ditton Street
Dogwood Avenue
NHS
Donovan Avenue
Douglas Avenue
Dover Road and Street
Driftwood Drive
NHS
Dunbar Street
Dunn Avenue
Eagle Avenue
NHS
Edge Street
Samuel Edge was one of the first settlers in Yennadon, and made the first recorded summit of the Golden Ears. His uncle (also Samuel) helped with the building of Haney House, and built four bridges along River Road in his capacity as "pathmaster."
Edgedale Avenue
NHS?
Eltham Street
Evans Street
Exeter Avenue
Faber Crescent
Ferguson Avenue
Hector Ferguson was reeve of Maple Ridge 5 times, also serving as a police magistrate. His family mortgaged their farm to finance the building of St. Andrew's Presbyterian church.
Fern Crescent
NHS
Fir Street
NHS
Fisher Street
Fisherman Road
NHS
Fletcher Street
Forest Place
NHS
Fraser Street
NHS
Fraserview Street
NHS
Fuller Avenue
Fulton Street
Furukawa Place
Garden Street
NHS
Garibaldi Street
Gee Street
Gilker Hill Road
Gilley Avenue
Gillis Place
Glenhurst Street
Glenwood Avenue
Golf Lane
NHS
Grace Street
Graham Street
Granite Way
NHS
Grant Avenue
... The mountain that adorns Albion's north side is named Grant Peak, although many call it Thorn Hill.
Graves Street
Gray Street
Greenwell Street
Hall Street
Halnor Avenue
Hammond Road
Hampton Street
Haney Bypass and Place
Hardy Street
Harkness Court
NHS?
Harrison Street
Hawthorne Street
NHS
Hazelwood Street
NHS
Hemlock Avenue
NHS
Higgins Court
Highview Place
NHS
Hill Avenue
NHS?
Hillside Street
NHS
Hinch Crescent
George Hinch
Holly Street
NHS
Holyrood Avenue
Hood Street
Howison Avenue
George W. Howison
Hunter Place
Hynes Street
Industrial Avenue
NHS
Irving Street
Isaac Crescent
Izon Court
Jackson Road
Johnson Avenue
Kanaka Creek Road
Kanaka Way
See Kanaka Creek Road
Kathryn Street
Kearns Avenue
Kemi Place
Kendrick Loop, Lane & Place
NHS
Kent Street
Kerry Crescent
Kingston Street
Klassen Place
Knotts Street
Laity Street
This road marked the eastern boundary of the 120 acre Laity farm, founded in 1879.
Larch Avenue
NHS
Latvalla Lane
Jacob and Lizzie Latvalla owned the house beside this lane for many years.
Laurel Place
NHS
Laurie Avenue
Lee Avenue
Lighthouse Court
NHS
Lillian Street
Lindsay Avenue & Place
Lockwood Street
Lorne Avenue
Makinson Street
Manor Avenue
Maple Crescent
NHS
Maple Lane
NHS
Maple Meadows Way
NHS
Marc Road
Andy Marc purchased what is now the southern section of the Malcolm Knapp research forest in 1908. He ran the Marc and McVicker shingle mill on the property for many years.
Marshall Avenue
Mayo Place
McCallum Court
McCauley Crescent
McClure Drive
McFarlane Avenue
The McFarlane family were Scottish immigrants who came with the HBC and were some of the early settlers in the area.
McIntosh Avenue
McIntyre Court
McIvor Avenue
McKay Avenue
McKinney Avenue
McNutt Road
McTavish Place
Meadow Brook Place
NHS
Meadow Place
NHS
Meadowlark Drive
NHS
Melville Street
Mill Street
Miller Street
Misuto Place
Moody Street
Morris Street
Morrisette Place
Morse Crescent
Mountainview Crescent
NHS
Neaves Road
Nightingale Avenue
NHS
Norfolk Place
North Avenue
Odell Street
Oliver Avenue
Noble Oliver was the first postmaster at the Whonnock Post Office, and also donated half an acre of land to allow for the construction of the Anglican Church.
Olund Crescent
Ospring Street
NHS
Owen Street
Palmer Rolph Street
Park Lane
NHS
Patterson Avenue
Peach Tree Court
NHS
Penny Lane
NHS
Pinda Place
Pine Street
Plaza Street
NHS
Powell Avenue
Princess Street
Purdey Avenue
Reid Avenue
Ridgeway Crescent
NHS
Ritchie Avenue
In addition to being one of the earlier settlers of Albion, John Ritchie and his son Roy operated a store on the southeast corner of 240th Street and Lougheed Highway from 1913 to 1956.
River Bend
NHS
River Road West
NHS
River Wynd Street
NHS
Rock Ridge Drive
NHS
Rogers Avenue
Rolley Crescent & Road
A CPR worker who lived near Rolley Lake for eight years, James Rolley moved to Whonnock in 1897 and became an important member of the community.
Rosewood Place
NHS
Rothsay Street
Royal Crescent
Sandpiper Avenue
NHS
Sayers Crescent
Schmidt Crescent
Seaton Place
Selkirk Avenue
Sentinel Street
NHS
Sheldrake Court
Silver Valley Road
Named after its construction in 1944 by local landowners Bill and Ruth Shull, Silver Valley referred to the appearance of the valley in winter, when the trees would be covered in frost.
Skillen Street
Slager Avenue
Slatford Place
Slatford Street
Smith Avenue
Spilsbury Street
Whonnock resident Ashton Spilsbury was a councillor and founding member of the Fall Fair Association. His family had been the largest land owners in Whonnock from 1878 until the early 1900's.
Spring Avenue & Crescent
NHS?
St. Anne Avenue
Named for the patron saint of Thomas Haney's wife Ann.
Stanton Avenue
Steeves Street
Stephens Street
Stewart Crescent
Stonehouse Avenue
Stoney Avenue
Storey Avenue
Mary Berry Charlton (see Charlton Street,) after her husband died, married his cousin William Storey.
Streng Avenue
Tamarack Crescent, Place & Lane
Tanner Place
Telep Avenue
Telosky Avenue
Thorne Avenue
James Thorne was an early settler in Albion, and served on the first Maple Ridge council as clerk. The neighbourhood of Thornhill is also named for him.
Thornton Avenue & Place
Trethewey Crescent
The Tretheway family owned large tracts of land in Yennadon and farther east in Webster's Corners, which they logged. They also created Coniagas Ranch on their property, near the corner of 216th Avenue and 132nd Street.
Tyner Avenue
Walnut Crescent
NHS
Wanstead Street
Waresley Street
Webster Street
James Murray Webster was the first settler in the Webster's Corners area, in 1882.
West Street
Westfield Avenue
Wharf Street
NHS
Whippoorwill Avenue
Wicklow Way
Wicklund Avenue
Willow Place
Wood Street
York Street
Zeron Avenue