Research Resources
Heritage Resource Inventory Index
New Westminster Japanese Canadian History (created and maintained by Sakura Taji)
New Westminster Members of Parliament
May 2022 Proclamation - Commemoration of 80 years since the internment of Japanese Canadians
Watch the proclamation in Council (52:55s)
Read the proclamation
Street Name Derivation and Index
Films:
A Mighty Hand (Twelfth Street Barber Albert Kamba documentary)
My Name Was January (January Marie Lapuz documentary)
Running to India (1964 Mani Singh and Family documenary)
Tribe of One (Qayqayt Chief Rhonda Larrabee)
Neighbourhoods:
Albert Crescent Heritage Resource Inventory
Brow of the Hill Historical Context Statement
Connaught Heights Historical Context Statement
Downtown Heritage Resource Inventory
Downtown Historical Context Statement
Glenbrooke North Historical Context Statement
Massey-Victory Heights Historical Context Statement
McBride-Sapperton Historical Context Statement
Moody Park Historical Context Statement
Quayside Historical Context Statement
Queen's Park, Uptown, Brow-of-the-Hill Heritage Resource Inventory
Queen's Park Historical Context Statement
Queensborough Industrial Heritage Inventory
Queensborough Residential Heritage Inventory
Queensborough Historical Context Statement
Star Shipyard Heritage Assessment
West End Historical Context Statement
Newspapers:
1859-1861: New Westminster Times
1882-1890: Daily British Columbian
1893-1894, 1916-1917: Pacific Canadian
1906-1914: New Westminster Daily News
Note that there are also paid newspaper sites you can consult to find New Westminster and other local newspapers:
Paper of Record: 1861-1869 British Columbian and 1870-1889 New Westminster Mainland Guardian
Newspapers.com: 1989-1990 Sunday News, 1894-2020 Province, 1912-2020 Vancouver Sun
Oral Histories:
Pronunciations and Local Language Resources:
hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ (Down River language)
Halq'eméylem Language Resources
Hul’q’umi’num’ / Halq’eméylem / hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓
