A day in Steveston

Arnie and I went to Steveston  on a gorgeous day in August.  I haven't been to Steveston in many years although with the new bridge over the Fraser, you can cut off a good half hour of the trip.  It took us a little over an hour to get there but coming back we hit rush hour so it was a two hour trip.  Steveston is a little touristy town at the bottom of Richmond about 35 minute drive from Vancouver. At the early part of the 20th century it was an established fishing village with 28 canneries along the river.  Now only one cannery is still in operation.  The canneries employed a great number of Chinese and Japanese immigrants, particularly the Chinese who had come to B.C. to work on the railroad.

This old church was actually a thrift store

This looked like a really neat restaurant

We bought a freshly caught Sockeye salmon from this lovely girl

We went on a tour of a cannery that was turned into a museum.  It was fascinating  to see all the old machinery and to hear of how the fishermen caught the fish in very primitive boats with very rough conditions.