Homes for Sale in Albion, BC

Albion sits on the southeast side of Maple Ridge along the Fraser River, immediately adjacent to the Golden Ears Bridge that connects the City to the Township of Langley across the river. The City's Albion neighbourhood starts at about 240 Street and is about 2.9 kilometres north to south and 2.4 kilometres east to west. Albion Flats is a separate City neighbourhood on its south-west side. North East Albion is a planning study area in the north-east of the Albion Area Plan. Cottonwood is a separate neighbourhood immediately west, not a sub-area of Albion.

Albion has the deepest non-Indigenous-settlement history of any Maple Ridge neighbourhood. Samuel Robertson and his Indigenous wife Julia were the first European settlers; Robertson planted what is reported to be British Columbia's first fruit orchard. The community was renamed from "East Haney" to "Albion" in 1907 at Canada Post's request. The Albion Ferry operated between Albion and Fort Langley from June 2, 1957 to July 31, 2009 (originally by the BC Ministry of Highways, later TransLink); tolls of 40¢ per car were removed February 15, 1972. The last two ferries in service (the MV Kulleet and MV Klatawa) made their final sailings just after noon on July 31, 2009. The Golden Ears Bridge replaced the ferry: opened June 16, 2009; cost $808 million; built by the Golden Crossing Constructors JV. Tolls were eliminated September 1, 2017 by the BC government.