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CN Fort Langley Rail Station

Submitted by @robertdall

Submitted by @robertdall

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CN Station

CN Station Ca.1910 [Photo caption: ca. 1920] Historically known as ‘Langley Station’, this was one of the stations built for the new Canadian Northern Railway. It was built to their “3rd class”...

CN Station Ca.1910 [Photo caption: ca. 1920] Historically known as ‘Langley Station’, this was one of the stations built for the new Canadian Northern Railway. It was built to their “3rd class”...

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Coulter Berry Building

David Moss Coulter 1862 – 1935 David Moss Coulter was born in Ontario where he taught school for fifteen years before coming to BC with his wife Lizzie, and their son and three daughters. In...

David Moss Coulter 1862 – 1935 David Moss Coulter was born in Ontario where he taught school for fifteen years before coming to BC with his wife Lizzie, and their son and three daughters....

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John Fenet Auditorium

John Fenet Auditorium School Board Gibson Caldwell, Pres J.H. Merritt H.S. Ware T.E. Riggs A.M. Scott Avery Dowell Will J. Rhea Jack R. Ryan, Supt   This plaque was found in the Village Antiques...

John Fenet Auditorium School Board Gibson Caldwell, Pres J.H. Merritt H.S. Ware T.E. Riggs A.M. Scott Avery Dowell Will J. Rhea Jack R. Ryan, Supt   This plaque was found in the Village Antiques...

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Fort Langley Community Hall

Fort Langley Community Hall [Photo caption: ca. 1920s] [Photo caption: ca. 1931] The first project of the Fort Langley Community Improvement Society after its foundation in 1924 was the...

Fort Langley Community Hall [Photo caption: ca. 1920s] [Photo caption: ca. 1931] The first project of the Fort Langley Community Improvement Society after its foundation in 1924 was the...

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Spirit Square Panels

Spirit Square Panels Inspiration for the first panel comes from the richness of Kwantlen history and traditions thousands of years before contact in the time of transformation. Kwantlen translates...

Spirit Square Panels Inspiration for the first panel comes from the richness of Kwantlen history and traditions thousands of years before contact in the time of transformation. Kwantlen...

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Hudson’s Bay Company, Fort Langley

Hudson’s Bay Company Fort Langley [Photo caption: ca. 1911] The original Fort Langley was first established west of here along the Fraser River, but frequent flooding caused a move to this...

Hudson’s Bay Company Fort Langley [Photo caption: ca. 1911] The original Fort Langley was first established west of here along the Fraser River, but frequent flooding caused a move to...

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Fort Langley

Fort Langley Fort Langley was built by the Hudson’s Bay Company 2½ miles below this site in 1827, and moved here in 1839. It burned and was rebuilt in 1840. As fur resources were exhausted, supply...

Fort Langley Fort Langley was built by the Hudson’s Bay Company 2½ miles below this site in 1827, and moved here in 1839. It burned and was rebuilt in 1840. As fur resources were exhausted, supply...

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Sir James Douglas

Sir James Douglas 1803 – 1877 As the first Governor of British Columbia (1858 – 1864), James Douglas proclaimed the new crown colony at Fort Langley, on November 19, 1858.   Photo of the statue:...

Sir James Douglas 1803 – 1877 As the first Governor of British Columbia (1858 – 1864), James Douglas proclaimed the new crown colony at Fort Langley, on November 19, 1858.   Photo of the statue:...

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