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In 1923, the Canadian government designated Fort Langley as a National Historic Site and erected a commemorative plaque near the storehouse. [18] At this time, the site consisted only of the one building and 0.40 hectares (1 acre) of land. From 1931 to 1956, the Native Sons and Daughters of British Columbia operated a museum out of the storehouse.
Fort Langley is a village community in Township of Langley, British Columbia, Canada. It has a population of approximately 3,400 people. It is the home of Fort Langley National Historic Site, a former fur trade post of the Hudson's Bay Company. Lying on the Fraser River, Fort Langley is at the northern edge of the Township of Langley.
Fort Langley National Historic Site, Fort Langley, British Columbia, Canada Coordinates 49°10′05″N 122°34′23″W / 49.168024751272014°N 122.57318118734555°W / 49.168024751272014; -122.57318118734555
James McMillan (August 1783–26 January 1858) was a fur trader and explorer for the North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company.He led some of the earliest surveys of the lower Fraser River and founded Fort Langley for the HBC in 1827, and was its first Chief Trader.
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.
The creation of the Colony of British Columbia in 1858, at Fort Langley, with Yale as Commander of the Fort, and Sir James Douglas as first Governor. James Murray Yale (c. 1798 – 7 May 1871) was a clerk, and later, a Chief trader for the Hudson's Bay Company, during the late North American fur trade, as they were competing with the Montreal-based North West Company and the American Fur ...
Bedford Channel. The Bedford Channel is a small side channel of the Fraser River near the north end of the Township of Langley, on the south side of McMillan Island. [1] The pair of islands—Brae Island and McMillan Island that protect the riverfront of Fort Langley, British Columbia are reached by the bridge that crosses the Bedford Channel on the way to the now-closed Albion Ferry terminal ...
Forest Knolls is a neighbourhood in the Township of Langley in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia, Canada. It is located immediately south of Fort Langley. It is an affluent community of homes situated on small acreages.