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Steveston, Richmond — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Steveston is a historic neighbourhood of Richmond, British Columbia, founded as a separate settlement in the 1880s.
About Steveston
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Heritage is the reason to sleep in Steveston rather than in the rest of Richmond. The Steveston Museum and Post Office, the Steveston Tram Museum and Branscombe House all stand inside the neighbourhood's own boundaries, so a bed here puts the heritage sites on foot rather than at the end of a drive across Richmond. Beds in the old village are scarce.
British Columbia's larger hotel supply lies outside the old settlement.
About Steveston
What are the main landmarks in Steveston?
Three named buildings anchor Steveston. The Steveston Museum and Post Office, the Steveston Tram Museum and Branscombe House are the heritage properties recorded in the neighbourhood, and two of the three carry Steveston's own name in their titles. Richmond holds them all.
Branscombe House is the exception, a property listed on its own terms, and together the trio is what the record preserves of the old settlement inside British Columbia.
What is the history of Steveston?
Steveston began apart from Richmond. It was founded as a separate settlement in the 1880s, and the name it carried then still names the quarter inside Richmond, British Columbia, which is why the record describes it as a historic neighbourhood of Canada. The name outlasted the separation.
Steveston Museum and Post Office, Steveston Tram Museum and Branscombe House are what has been kept from the decades that followed.
Where is Steveston?
Richmond surrounds it. Steveston is a distinct quarter of Richmond, British Columbia, a neighbourhood that began as a settlement of its own.
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Updated August 2026