Mound Farm is located a few blocks south of Highway 10, halfway between 176th and 168th Streets. It is a mound seemingly growing out of the ground covered in trees. A bit of a curiosity in an area of mostly flat farm land, it was formed by a retreating glacier a long, long time ago. Back in school I remember one of my class mates writing a paper about it. However, I'm sure everything I've ever known about the farm has long since been forgotten.
William and Anne Smith settled on Mound Farm in 1884. Probably a good decision to build a house higher up than the low level farm lands which were susceptible to flooding. This was before dykes were built on the nearby Serpentine and Nikomekl Rivers.
To the best of my knowledge the farm can only be accessed from 168th Street, a little south of the railroad crossing. At least I see a driveway there heading in the general direction of the mound.
Sometimes at night we look at the lights up there and try to figure out how many houses are up there hidden amongst the fir and cedar trees on Mound Farm, but we're not really sure. Neither of us has actually ever been up there. Could be one or two houses and some outbuildings. City of Surrey owns the land and says there are two houses of some heritage value up there, but I swear I see more lights than what could belong to two houses. Maybe there are outbuildings or newer houses on the land.
Check it out the next time you drive by at night and see if you can guess how many houses call Mound Farm home.
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