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According to New Westminster Public Library, it had just 23 occupants when it opened the following year, and it operated until 1980, when the federal penitentiary was phased out in favour of smaller, modern prisons. Over the past few decades since the decommissioning of the facility, other buildings on the prison grounds have been demolished for a residential neighbourhood with nearly 1,000 homes. Location of the Gaol Building at 65 Richmond Street and the former British Columbia Penitentiary area in New Westminster. (Google Maps) The Gaol Building of the former British Columbia Penitentiary at 65 Richmond Street in New Westminster. (Sutton Centre Realty) The Gaol Building of the former British Columbia Penitentiary at 65 Richmond Street in New Westminster. (Sutton Centre Realty) ....
This was during a time when the region’s activity was centred in New Westminster, which had just years earlier ended its short stint as the capital city of the Colony of BC. The City of Vancouver was only incorporated eight years after the opening of the prison, and BC was still in its infancy as a province of Canadian Confederation. Aerial of the area today that used to be the British Columbia Penitentiary and Woodland Hospital. 65 Richmond Street is the location for the Gaol Building, one of the few remaining prison buildings. (Bing Maps) Aerial of BC Penitentiary in New Westminster, 1975. (City of New Westminster Archives) ....