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The Douglas J. Husband Discovery Centre is an accessible space for dialogue and discovery about our community’s past, present, and future. Featuring authentic objects, digital experiences, and fascinating stories, all are welcome to engage with Delta’s storied history. Location & Contact Information The Douglas J. Husband Discovery Centre is located in Ladner just south of […]

“My Mothers Story” Would you like to tell your Mothers story? Do you know how valuable this story is for you, your family and the Delta community? Delta Stageworks is offering “how-to” writing workshops with author Marilyn Norry. See this poster for more details or sign up at deltastageworks@gmail.com

Are you drawn to the stories and photos of old Delta? Do you want to know more about the people andevents that shaped our community? If so, we hope you will consider joining the Delta Heritage Society!We are a volunteer led not-for-profit organization. As stewards of the archival and artefact collectionswe hold in trust for […]

West Coast’s ‘Pistol-packin’ Pansy’ lives on in colourful biography Infamous Delta character ended her days in White Rock and South Surrey ALEX BROWNE Peace Arch News Apr. 17, 2021 4:30 p.m There was a lot more to Pansy May Stuttard than met the eye, authors Jim Dwight and Gary Cullen attest. As the Delta-based writers […]

The new discovery centre is to open once COVID-19 safety guidelines permit. By: Sandor Gyarmati Delta Optimist May 4 2021 The Douglas J. Husband Discovery Centre promises to deliver residents an interactive experience to learn about Delta’s rich past, in an experience that goes beyond the usual static museum displays.Sandor Gyarmati/Delta Optimist It will be more […]

Sandor Gyarmati/Delta Optimist September 14 2020. Husband released a book last year based on his columns for the Delta Optimist which included many interesting historical facts about Delta. Former Delta Mayor Doug Husband has passed away. The Delta flag at all civic facilities will be flown at half-mast this week, said Mayor George Harvie on […]

Friends, family, dignitaries and invited guests got a chance to pay homage to Doug Husband last Friday as the City of Delta hosted a small, socially-distanced gathering at a soft opening of Delta’s new cultural centre. Named the Douglas J. Husband Discovery Centre after the former mayor, a lifelong Delta resident, the city hopes to […]

This is Winnifred Fisher’s recollections of Ladner during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic and setting up nursing for WWII, transcribed from her hand written letter dated February 16, 1971. From the Delta Archives collection. I arrived in Ladner with my parents, and four sisters and one brother in March 1911. My brother Fred and sister […]

North Delta’s first history book, North Delta: History and Heritage is available now. This 190 page book tells you how North Delta developed from a forested slope to become the busy, vibrant community it is today. Edited by John Macdonald (author of The Kennedy Trail), this book is full of photographs seldom seen before, including […]