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Object Description
Object ID
2019.015.039
Title
Jacob Haldi Bridge plaque.
Date
2 May 2003.
Description
Colour slide of the plaque embedded in the right concrete post of Jacob Haldi Bridge. In the background is a bit of the bridge on the left and the Fraser River and Kwantlen First Nation Reservation on the right. The plaque is dark brown with bronze border and lettering that reads "JACOB HALDI BRIDGE/ Original Bridge - circa 1932/ Present Bridge - September 1994."
People/Subject
Haldi Bridge
In Jacob Haldi's will, he gave a sum of $15,000 towards the construction of a bridge to Brae and McMillan Islands, providing that a ferry service would be provided between Fort Langley and Maple Ridge. The first Haldi Bridge was built in 1931-32. In anticipation of heavier traffic that would result from the ferry, the first bridge was replaced in 1957.
q̓ʷɑ:n̓ƛ̓ən̓, Kwantlen First Nation
'Kwantlen' translates to tireless runner. Kwantlen Traditional Territory extends from Richmond and New Westminster in the west, to Surrey and Langley in the south, east to Mission, and to the northernmost reaches of Stave Lake. The Kwantlen People have lived on this land since time immemorial.
The Kwantlen First Nation are an Indigenous group, mainly located on McMillan Island in Fort Langley. Prior to European contact, their main village was Sqaiametl, where New Westminster is today, but they moved their main settlement to Fort Langley after the Hudson's Bay Company established a fort there. The Kwantlen traded with the Fort. As Canada came together, the Kwantlen peoples' importance in the country diminished, and their affairs were turned over to an Indian Agent. Modernly, the Kwantlen have seen a cultural resurgence after times of displacement and cultural loss, as well as economic growth through their business group, Seyem' Qwantlen. Their current hereditary chief is Marilyn Gabriel. The Kwantlen are culturally a Stó:lō people, though they operate as an independent nation. They speak the Downriver dialect of Halkomelem (hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, or Hun'qumi'num). There has been a renewed focus on teaching and learning hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, one of the ways Kwantlen is reclaiming their culture.
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