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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...

  • fort langley
  • british columbia
  • canada
  • building
  • heritage building

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”...

  • fort langley
  • british columbia
  • canada
  • building
  • railway
  • station

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...

  • fort langley
  • british columbia
  • canada
  • antique store
  • for sale
  • mckinney
  • texas

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...

  • fort langley
  • british columbia
  • canada
  • first nations
  • art

Gwen Varcoe and Kathleen Haugh

Gwen Varcoe and Kathleen Haugh Granddaughters of the Horseshoe Bay pioneer G.A. Roedde. “We have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.”   The women’s grandfather was Gustav Roedde, Vancouver’s...

Gwen Varcoe and Kathleen Haugh Granddaughters of the Horseshoe Bay pioneer G.A. Roedde. “We have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.”   The women’s grandfather was Gustav Roedde,...

  • horseshoe bay
  • british columbia
  • canada
  • seaside
  • beach
  • harbour
  • bench
  • roedde

Monika Adshead

Monika Adshead “The head of an accountant and the heart of a gypsy”     Attribution: Jennie Eggleston (http://www.instagram.com/jeggle) 

Monika Adshead “The head of an accountant and the heart of a gypsy”     Attribution: Jennie Eggleston (http://www.instagram.com/jeggle) 

  • horseshoe bay
  • british columbia
  • canada
  • seaside
  • beach
  • harbour
  • bench

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:...

  • fort langley
  • british columbia
  • canada
  • statue

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...

  • fort langley
  • british columbia
  • canada
  • historic site
  • national site

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...

  • fort langley
  • british columbia
  • canada
  • hudson’s bay

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....

  • fort langley
  • british columbia
  • canada
  • building

William Bryron Rumford

William Byron Rumford (February 2, 1908 - June 12, 1986) was a pharmacist who worked on this very block. In 1948 he was elected to the California State assembly becoming the first African American...

William Byron Rumford (February 2, 1908 - June 12, 1986) was a pharmacist who worked on this very block. In 1948 he was elected to the California State assembly becoming the first African American...

  • berkeley
  • california
  • bay area
  • sacramento st
  • rumford
  • civil rights
  • fair housing
  • fair employment

Egg Rock

ON THE HILL NASHAWTUCK AT THE MEETING OF THE RIVERS AND ALONG THE BANKS LIVED THE INDIAN OWNERS OF MUSKETAQUID BEFORE THE WHITE MEN CAME

ON THE HILL NASHAWTUCK AT THE MEETING OF THE RIVERS AND ALONG THE BANKS LIVED THE INDIAN OWNERS OF MUSKETAQUID BEFORE THE WHITE MEN CAME

    Old Stone Fort

    OLD STONE *FORT* Site of fort erected by public subscription as a protection against British warships during the war of 1812, captured in a sneak attack and dismantled by frigate NYMPHE....

    OLD STONE *FORT* Site of fort erected by public subscription as a protection against British warships during the war of 1812, captured in a sneak attack and dismantled by frigate...

      Arthur L. Delaney Ski Slope

      ARTHUR L. DELANEY SKI SLOPE  IN MEMORY OF S/SGT. ARTHUR L. DELANEY CO. "D" 85TH MOUNTAIN INFANTRY REGIMENT KIA MONTE GORGOLESCO, ITALY 20 FEB 1945 BY MEMBERS OF THE 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION ASS. INC.

      ARTHUR L. DELANEY SKI SLOPE  IN MEMORY OF S/SGT. ARTHUR L. DELANEY CO. "D" 85TH MOUNTAIN INFANTRY REGIMENT KIA MONTE GORGOLESCO, ITALY 20 FEB 1945 BY MEMBERS OF THE 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION ASS. INC.

      • memorial
      • ski
      • mt hood
      • oregon
      • wwii
      • italy

      Tule Lake

         Submitted by  ‏@pomeridian 

         Submitted by  ‏@pomeridian 

      • wwii
      • internment
      • japanese-american
      • tule
      • california
      • concentration camps