Pacific Coast Terminals, c. 1960. Used with permission.

Bill Ward, welder and millwright at Alaska Pine Lumber Mill, 1950s. Bill Ward photo, used with permission.

Joe Breaks with Homelearners, 2012. Photo by Susan O’Neill.

Gerry White with Homelearners, 2012 Photo by Susan O’Neill.

Alaska Pine Lumber Mill, c.1950s. NWMA IHP10178-002.

Pattullo Bridge, 2014. Photo by Peter V. Hall.

Westminster Pier Park, 2013. City of New Westminster, used with permission.

New Westminster Quay, 2014. Photo by Peter V. Hall.

Columbia Street, 1949. NWMA IHP0902-27.

Columbia Street and Pacific Coast Terminals, 1930s. Port Metro Vancouver, used with permission.

Damco transloading warehouse in Queensborough, BC. Photo by Kate Petrusa.

Dean Johnson with New Westminster Secondary students, 2013. Photo by Susan O’Neill.

Fraser River Harbour Commission patrol boat, Aug 31, 1979. Allen Domaas photo, used with permission.

Allen Domaas, Fraser River Harbour Commission, c. 1960. Used with permission.

River Market, 2012. City of New Westminster, used with permission.

Don Carter, New Westminster fisherman, c.1990. Used with permission.

Brunette River net sheds, c. 1990. Don Carter photo, used with permission.

Gillnet fishing, c.1990. Don Carter photo, used with permission.

Dredging beneath the Samson V, 1990s. Bernie Jebson photo, used with permission.

Fraser River Discovery Centre, BC River’s Day, 2014. FRDC photo, used with permission.

Fraser River Discovery Centre, 2012. FRDC photo, used with permission.

Joe Breaks, with New Westminster Secondary School students, 2013. Photo by Susan O’Neill.

ILWU Local 502 hall on Tannery Road, Surrey, 2014. Photo by Michelle La.

“Our Working Waterfront: 1945-2015” exhibition under construction, June 2015. Photo by Pamela Stern.

Fish market at the foot of 8th Street, c. 1950. NWMA IHP9266-1061.

Pacific Coast Terminals, c.1971. Used with permission.

Pacific Coast Terminals, c.1971. Used with permission.

Fraser River Discovery Centre, 2012. Amanda Gregor photo, used with permission.

Gilley Brothers construction yard, 1950s. NWMA IHP8038.

Constructing the Samson V at Star Shipyard, August 1937. NWMA IHP8619-001.

Fishing boats and freighter at dock near foot of 8th Street, c. 1950. NWMA IHP9267-0080.

8th Street dock, 1950. NWMA IHP9267-0932.

Caulking, Star Shipyard, 1950s. NWMA IHP9268-0256.

City Market, 1969. NWMA IHP10001-1439.

City Market, c.1975. NWMA IHP10001-1452

Pacific Cafe, c. 1950. NWMA IHP10145-002.

Nate Stafiej and Jim Scott, Fraser River Pile and Dredge, 2014. Photo by Kate Petrusa.

Fraser River Pile and Dredge tools, 2014. Photo by Kate Petrusa.

Queensborough, 2014. Photo by Kate Petrusa.

Queensborough Landing, 2015. Photo by Kate Petrusa.

Switching yard, 2014. Photo by Kate Petrusa.

Damco transloading facility, Queensborough, 2014. Photo by Kate Petrusa.

Fraser River, 2015. Photo by Kate Petrusa.

Westshore and Global Container Terminals, Deltaport, 2015. Photo by Kate Petrusa.

Kruger Products, 2014. Photo by Kate Petrusa.

Kruger Products, 2014. Photo by Kate Petrusa.

Kruger Products, 2014. Photo by Kate Petrusa.

Kruger Products, 2014. Photo by Kate Petrusa.

Westminster Pier Park, 2015. Photo by Kate Petrusa.

Queensborough and Poplar Island, 2015. Photo by Kate Petrusa.

New Westminster (rail) swing bridge under repair, May 2015. Photo by Kate Petrusa.

Queensborough, 2015. Photo by Kate Petrusa.

A mini shipping container replica, in “Our Working Waterfront: 1945-2015” exhibition. Photo by Kate Petrusa.

Opening night “Our Working Waterfront 1945-2015”, July 9, 2015. NWMA, used with permission.

Councillor Patrick Johnstone viewing “Our Working Waterfront 1945-2015”, July 9 2015. NWMA, used with permission.

Pacific Veneer (now Canfor), c. 1960. Used with permission.

Pacific Veneer, c. 1960. Used with permission.

Pacific Veneer, 1960s. Used with permission.

ILWU Local 502 on strike, 1958. Anne Rand Library, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, used with permission.

ILWU Local 502 on strike, 1958. Anne Rand Library, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, used with permission.

Moving logs from river to sawmill, c. 1950. NWMA IHP9268-0253.

Research Assistant, Michelle La at Fraser Surrey Docks, 2014. Used with permission.

Fraser River Pile and Dredge at work, 2014. Bernie Jebson photo, used with permission.

Capt. Bob Olsen with research assistant Michelle La, July 1, 2014. Photo by Annika Airas.

Fraser River tugboat captained by Bob Olson, July 1, 2014. Photo by Annika Airas.

“Our Working Waterfront 1945-2015” July 9 2015. NWMA, used with permission.

Pacific Coast Terminals. Used with permission.

Casual longshoreman Michael Schoen (foreground), 1971. Pacific Coast Terminals photo, used with permission.

Pacific Coast Terminals, c.1970. Used with permission.

Fraser River log sort, 2014. Photo by Peter V Hall.

New Westminster Quay, 2013. Photo by Peter V Hall.

Front Street and Westminster Pier Park (under construction), 2014. Photo by Annika Airas.

Port Royal, 2014. Photo by Annika Airas.

Fraser Surrey Docks. Judy Wallace photo, used with permission.

Longshoremen in the hull of a ship. Judy Wallace photo, used with permission.

Don and Fran Carter, New Westminster fishers, c.1990. Used with permission.