One of Maple Ridge's most famous citizens, Jim Robson, turned 90 on Friday, Jan. 16.

Robson is best known as a longtime voice of the Vancouver Canucks hockey team

In December 2017, the City of Maple Ridge determined to rename a section of 105th Avenue, the access to the Planet Ice arena in his honour, renaming it Jim Robson Way.

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"Jim Robson is an incredible ambassador for our community and was one of the first Maple Ridge citizens inducted as part of the 鈥楬ome Town Hero鈥� program," noted then mayor Nicole Read.

"Beyond that, he was the voice of hockey for British Columbia and every broadcaster working today cites Mr. Robson as a role model. Planet Ice is the home of hockey in Maple Ridge and it seems fitting that the way to our arenas will soon be known as Jim Robson Way.鈥�

Robson's parents Myfanwy and Rob, moved from Saskatchewan to B.C. when Jim was just nine years old.

From 1944 to June 1952, he lived on a small farm on what was 15th Avenue, off Dewdney Trunk Road. He attended Alexander Robinson elementary, then Maple Ridge secondary, and graduated as valedictorian in 1952.

He was briefly a sports reporter for his hometown Gazette at the age of 17, then moved on to cover radio sports. By 1956, he covered the BC Lions and other top Vancouver teams.

When the Vancouver Canucks became an NHL expansion team in 1970, he moved to CKNW to announce their games, and continued for nearly three decades, also working television broadcasting.

Robson retired in 1999, and lives in Vancouver. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992, among his many honours and accolades.