LADNER, British Columbia - A resident corrected me right away when I asked about the houseboat community that stretches along the Fraser River in this historic delta town.
"These are `float home' owners; houseboats have engines," she told me in a teacherly tone softened by Canadian politeness. "They're very particular about that."
As for the kind of people I'd find here, "very upscale," she said, leaving me to make my own assumptions.
So I primed myself for a place full of image-conscious, well-to-do urban escapees.
By Tyrone Beason | August 2, 2000
