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 replaced trade as the fort’s major role. Here the company operated a large farm, began the west coast salmon packing industry, and exported produce to ports in Alaska., Hawaii and other Pacific areas. Fort Langley was also a terminus of the first practical all-British route from the coast to the interior. On 19 November 1858 the colony of British Columbia was here proclaimed.
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Government of Canada
More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Langley_National_Historic_Site
Attribution: Jennie Eggleston (http://www.instagram.com/jeggle) and @robertdall