Woodward’s Store opened in Port Alberni in 1948 and offered everything from groceries to auto service to furniture.
People who couldn’t carry their groceries home or who didn’t own a car could have them delivered in one of these iconic, dark-blue “Woodward’s” vans.
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Woodward’s closed in 1993 and was converted into a Zellers. The Zellers store later closed in 2013 and the old building on Third Avenue in Port Alberni is now owned by the Coulson Group of Companies.
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