With its many lumber mills and canneries Queensborough was a focus of new immigrants looking for employment and cheap lots to establish family homes. most of the mills have closed in Queensborough but from list point and many others along the Queensborgh perimeter trail you will likely see active log booms today. These early groups built their cultural halls, churches and had many different mutual aid societies. The entire community origionally united at time under the Queensborough Ratepayers Association founded in 1911. This group continues to operate and is often cited as the oldest ratepayers association in British Columbia. Early immigrants came from Asia and Europe; including the Japanese, Chinese, Indians, Italians, Greeks, Slovaks, Ukrainians, and Finns. The community grew slowly but developed a unique sense of place because of its unique cultural composition.
Queensborough is today a growing suburban district with a rapidly redeveloped waterfront area known as Port Royal. Queensborough is connected to the rest of New Westminster by the Queensborough Bridge and Annacis Island in Delta by the Derwent Way Bridge. Furthermore, the city of New Westminster has also implemented a ferry service that takes city inhabitants and tourists from Port Royal in Queensborough to the Westminster Quay.[4]It is served by Highway 91A. Many new homes in the area are built to resemble old heritage-style homes.