Manoah and Martha Steves were the first settlers in the area, arriving in 1877. They imported the first purebred Holstein cattle into British Columbia, established a dairy to provide milk for the fledgling City of Vancouver and were Western Canada's first seedsmen.
In 1877, Manoah and Martha Steves became the pioneers in the area. They brought the first high-quality Holstein cows to British Columbia, founded a dairy farm to provide milk for the growing city of Vancouver, and pioneered agriculture in Western Canada.