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The national historic site sits above the banks of the Bedford Channel across McMillan Island. The national historic site contains a visitor centre and a largely reconstructed trading post that contains ten structures surrounded by wooden palisades. Fort Langley was initially established in 1827 in present-day Derby. The fort's operations were ...
As of January 2020, there were 100 National Historic Sites designated in British Columbia, 13 of which are administered by Parks Canada (identified below by the beaver icon ). [1] [2] The first National Historic Sites to be designated in British Columbia were Fort Langley and Yuquot in 1923.
The Fort Langley National Historic Site is a former fur trading post located in the community which attracts about 60,000 visitors a year. The BC Farm and Equipment Museum houses a collection of antique farming equipment. The Langley Centennial Museum exhibits local historical artifacts and provides cultural programming.
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Derby is a locality on the lower Fraser River in northwestern Langley. The site of the original Fort Langley, established in 1827 by the Hudson's Bay Company, and was the first post established in Coast Salish territory. [1] The Fort was later moved 4 km to its present location in 1839.
Inside the 1839 fort at Fort Langley National Historic Site. The first fort (1827-1839), built with two bastions, a wooden stockade and several buildings, proved to have been built too close to a fast-moving part of the river, in an area prone to flooding. It was rebuilt in 1839 farther upstream.
Local history, located in the Civic Centre, operated by the Sicamous & District Museum and Historical Society, formerly known as the Eagle Valley Museum [19] [20] Sidney Museum and Archives: Sidney: Capital: Multiple: Local history, Saanich pioneers, includes period kitchen and school room Silverton Historical Society Interpretive Centre: Silverton
The City of Langley, commonly referred to as Langley City, or just Langley, is a municipality in the Metro Vancouver Regional District in British Columbia, Canada.It lies directly east of Surrey, adjacent to the Cloverdale area, and is surrounded elsewhere by the Township of Langley, bordered by its neighbourhoods of Willowbrook to the north, Murrayville to the east, and Brookswood and Fern ...