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Pitt Meadows has a connection to the formation of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (the CBC). Paul Murray, a pioneer and early school teacher in the Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows area, was the fourth Reeve of the community. His son, W. E. Gladstone Murray moved to England and moved up through the ranks at the B.B.C. While at the B.B.C. he assisted with the establishing of a similar network in Canada and shortly after the C.B.C. was formed in 1936 its Board of Governors recommended to the Government of Canada that Murray be appointed its first General Manager – he accepted and continued in the position until 1942. Paul Murray is pictured here with another man beside him.

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Latitude: 49.2173586774494

Longitude: -122.68908850499

Direct Link: https://www.pittmeadowsmuseum.com/locations/cbc