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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.
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.
Kwantlen First Nation (Halkomelem: qw̓ɑ:nƛ̓ə̓n̓) is a First Nations band government in British Columbia, Canada, located primarily on McMillan Island near Fort Langley. [1] The Kwantlen people traditionally speak hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, the Downriver dialect of Halkomelem , [ 2 ] one of the Salishan family languages.
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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
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.
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