During 1898–1900, the three times weekly CP Navigation Victoria-New Westminster schedule included Lulu Island and Ladner.

[9] Maintaining the Steveston run, the New Delta conducted a three-times-daily trial during April and May 1912 between Ladner and Woodward's Landing (south end of No.

[11] During 1913, piles were driven for the new temporary Ladner dock,[12] and the province and municipalities upgraded or built the approach and connecting roads on both sides.

Revised to Woodward's Landing, CNoR acquired 250 acres for five miles of siding and a three-track slip capable of handling the largest ferries (150 feet).

[15] That December, when the ferry struck a sand bar in heavy fog, damaging the paddlewheel, the trip across took four hours and the bus ran out of fuel, stranding the passengers at Woodward's Landing.

[16] Owing to the deplorable winter road conditions, the bus could take an hour to cover the 8 kilometres (5 mi) across Richmond.

Purchasing the privately owned Scanlon (later renamed the William Henry Ladner),[7] the government began a two-month refit of the vessel.

The remodelled ferry no longer needed to tow a barge, and the faster turnaround increased service to six times daily.

[23] The vessel unsuited to heavy traffic, because it loaded from the sides, increasing the risk of damage to vehicles,[24] was replaced in 1926–27.

[25] Winter ice floes and spring flooding, which made navigation hazardous, prompted proposals for a permanent Deas Island crossing.

[26] The landing and paved Ferry Road cost $80,000, but on opening in 1931 the crossing time reduced to 10 minutes.

[33] The Ladner landing, on a side channel, experienced ongoing silting that required periodical dredging,[31][34][35] and at times grounded the ferry in mid-summer.