Editing Richmond, British Columbia (section)

==History==
[[Coast Salish]] bands had temporary camps on the island, to fish and collect berries, which were scattered and moved from year to year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.richmond.ca/discover/about/history.htm |title=City of Richmond BC – History |publisher=Richmond.ca |access-date=21 July 2012 |archive-date=4 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204044823/https://www.richmond.ca/discover/about/history.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Certain Coast Salish summer camps were located at Garry Point, and Woodward's Landing, along with the site of the Terra Nova cannery, which had at one time been a Musqueam village.<ref>Wayne Suttles, "Names of Places and Peoples" from Musqueam Reference Grammar (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2004), 566–76.</ref>

There is no definitive historical account as to how Richmond was named. There are several possibilities that have been proposed, including:
* The first family to settle in Richmond, that of Hugh McRoberts, had formerly lived in Australia. Their home there was called "Richmond View", and that is what they named their homestead in Richmond.
* W.D. Ferris drafted the original petition for the incorporation of The Township of Richmond. He was originally from [[Richmond, London|Richmond]], [[Surrey]], England.
* Another early settler was Hugh Boyd. He was also the first Reeve of the township. His wife had been born in [[Richmond, North Yorkshire|Richmond]], [[North Yorkshire]], England.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Keen |first1=Mary |title=A bridge to the world : the life and times of Sea Island |year=2002 |publisher=City of Richmond Archives |isbn=0-9690031-5-3 |url=https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/abridgetotheworld38325.pdf |access-date=11 April 2020 |archive-date=24 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124123411/https://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/abridgetotheworld38325.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Township of Richmond, British Columbia was incorporated on 10 November 1879. The Township of Richmond was modeled after Ontario's political townships – an incorporated municipality, consisting of communities that are united as a single entity with a single municipal administration. Each community was represented on the municipal council through a ward electoral system with five wards until 1946 when the ward electoral system was replaced with the at large electoral system that is currently in place.

On 3 December 1990, Richmond was designated as a City.

The first Town Hall, the Agricultural Hall and the Methodist Church (now Minoru Chapel), were built at the corner of No. 17 (River) Rd and No. 20 (Cambie) Rd near the main settlement on the northwestern tip of Lulu Island at North Arm.

The old fishing village of [[Steveston, British Columbia|Steveston]] on the southwestern tip of [[Lulu Island]] is now home to several museums and heritage sites, as well as a working harbour for fishing boats. Currently, London Heritage Farm, the [[Gulf of Georgia Cannery]] and the Britannia Shipyard National Historic Site in Steveston highlight these parts of Richmond's diverse history.