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Haney Brick & Tile Limited
CA MRM HBT · Corporate body · 1907 - 1977

The Port Haney Brick & Tile Company Limited was established in 1907 by Harold Burnet, Edward G. Baynes, and William M. Horie to take advantage of a growing market for brick downriver in Vancouver. The operation was located on a rich deposit of clean clay along the banks of the Fraser River, making it ideal for the creation and distribution of their product. The success of the company was augmented by the availability of inexpensive labour using migrants from India and China. The company specialized in facing bricks, drainage tiles, and, after WWII, consumer-oriented garden tiles.

The name was changed to Haney Brick & Tile Limited ca. 1947 when river traffic had reduced to the point that "Port" was no longer relevant in the name of the town. The company closed in 1977 when the operations of the kilns were no longer as profitable as they had once been.

Haney Brick & Tile Limited was managed by three individuals over the course of its existence: Harold Burnet from 1907-1946, Jim Hadgkiss 1946-1970, and Alan Findlay 1970-1977.

Some of the structures built by the company for its use remain as heritage pieces in the municipality of Maple Ridge.

Haney Women's Institute
CA MRM HWI · Corporate body · 1915-1983

The Haney Women's Institute was established in 1915, arising from the Women's Institute movement established in Ontario in 1897. Women's Institutes were founded to advocate for "domestic sciences" and "home economics", with the institutes in early Maple Ridge greatly involved in community service. The Women's Institute cared for the needy throughout the Great Depression and established a Well Baby Clinic, which provided immunizations and care at no cost to the community, before Public Health assumed responsibility for this activity in 1965.

The early records of the Haney Women's Institute were lost to a fire at the Oddfellows building in 1936. The organization was active until its 68th year, when it was disbanded.

CA MRM MRAA · Corporate body · 1901 - Present

The Maple Ridge Agricultural Association was created in 1901 to encourage the development of agriculture and to promote "mechanical & household arts".