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HISTORIC SITES IN DELTA DeltaHeritage - The Corporation of Delta

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Ladner’s Landing, ca. 1900<br />

Ladner Harbour<br />

NORTH<br />

Chisholm St<br />

Georgia St<br />

Southwest<br />

corner <strong>of</strong><br />

Chisholm St<br />

and Elliot St<br />

• PA S S P O R T<br />

<strong>Delta</strong> St<br />

<strong>HISTORIC</strong> <strong>SITES</strong> <strong>IN</strong> <strong>DELTA</strong><br />

•<br />

Trennant<br />

Bridge St<br />

River Road<br />

48 Ave<br />

<strong>Delta</strong> Hotel, ca. 1913<strong>Delta</strong> Heritage<br />

Westminster Ave<br />

Elliott St<br />

Ladner’s Landing<br />

17<br />

<strong>The</strong> plaque and sign are on the<br />

site <strong>of</strong> the former <strong>Delta</strong> Hotel.<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Delta</strong> Hotel greeted visitors,<br />

salesmen and new settlers<br />

disembarking at Ladner’s wharf<br />

from the 1880s until 1923, when<br />

the hotel burned down. <strong>The</strong><br />

wharf was built in 1875 and this<br />

post <strong>of</strong>fice stop became<br />

a town in the 1880s<br />

when Donald<br />

Chisholm purchased<br />

and surveyed the<br />

site. <strong>The</strong> street still<br />

carries the<br />

Chisholm name.

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