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Whonnock, now considered eastern Maple Ridge, adopted its name from the Xwéwenaqw Xwexwilmexw (Whonnock People). In 1861, Robert Robertson was the first non-Indigenous settler. By 1885, a Canadian Pacific Railway station and post office were built, and more settlers arrived in the area.

The primary industries were logging and fishing, but a few small-scale fruit and poultry operations developed. From the 1920s until 1942, Japanese Canadians, a large part of the population, made use of the slopes facing south for extensive berry farming. There was a Japanese Canadian community hall, and children attended the Whonnock public school, where about one-third of the students were Japanese Canadian.
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