Maillardvile Village Clock
N 49° 14.203 W 122° 52.280
10U E 509366 N 5453778
Corner of town, a beautiful town clock welcomes the visitors
Waymark Code: WM1DY7
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 04/15/2007
Views: 43
And on September 28, 1909 the first contingent of 110 left Montreal by special CPR train to work in Fraser Mills in the southwestern part of Coquitlam. Father Maillard, a young Roman Catholic Oblate from France, arrived with them.
The group lived in baggage cars for two weeks while homes were built by their new employers. Their residential settlement, built with company help, becomes known as Maillardville, named after community leader Father Edmond Maillard.
The first service was held in a room above a store. Maillard opened Our Lady of Lourdes Church on Dec. 10, 1910. When it burned down in 1911, he rebuilt it. After he left the community in 1912, the post office adopted the name Maillardville in his honor (1913).
In 1937, he returned to France to teach at a Franco-Canadian College in Rhone.
August 3, 1966 Edmond Maillard, Fraser Mills confessor, died in Ste.-Foy-Les-Lyon, France.
Status: Working
Display: Free Standing
Year built: Not listed
Web link to additional info: Not listed
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