Langley Heritage Society members paid a visit to the Port Moody Station Museum — which is also a community museum. We were inspired by their focus on school programs and unique approach to draw people into history, including a WW I trench system. Students and cadets have been actively involved in its creation and interpretation. For more information about tours and programs, visit HERE.
Markus Fahrner, a museum coordinator, takes us into the McKnight Trench, named in honour of Lieutenant Augustus McKnight, a Port Moody civil engineer who joined up in 1914 and was killed two years later in Belgium. The airplane is a 7/8 scale replica of a Royal Air Force S.E.5a fighter plane.
Under cover. The 1921 Venosta V class sleeper.
Port Moody Station Museum, 2734 Murray Street
Markus with an example of an immigrant’s suitcase, and what might have been inside. He works with grade 10 students to create their own.