[2] Largely catering to non-resident cannery workers, Paul Swenson operated a ferry for 15 years, but received no government subsidy.

[5] The reopening of the school for the 1909 year[6] indicates a reversal of a dip in student numbers, probably reflecting an increase in the island general population.

[12] A temporary ferry service operated from March 1951,[13] while the whole bridge was rebuilt except for the steel swing span.

A barge ferry provided service until a bailey bridge was floated into place five days later.

The load limit is 50 tons on TransLink's oldest and narrowest bridge, and one of few containing wood components in Metro Vancouver.

The swing span is opened about seven or eight times a day to allow the passage mainly of fishing boats but also some pleasure craft.

[5] The bridge, which is the only land connection between Westham Island and the Delta mainland, provides access to the agricultural enterprises and the George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary.