Maillardville is a community on the south slope of the city of Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. == History == In 1889, Frank Ross and James McLaren opened what would become Maillardville, a $350,000 (equivalent to $12,911,125 in 2025), modern lumber mill on the north bank of the Fraser River which created a mill town of 20 houses, a store, post office, hospital, office block, barber shop, pool hall, and a Sikh temple had grown around the mill.
Maillardville is a community on the south slope of the city of Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. == History == In 1889, Frank Ross and James McLaren opened what would become Maillardville, a $350,000 (equivalent to $12,911,125 in 2025), modern lumber mill on the north bank of the Fraser River which created a mill town of 20 houses, a store, post office, hospital, office block, barber shop, pool hall, and a Sikh temple had grown around the mill.
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