In our latest Langley Heritage Society newsletter historian Warren Sommer considers the sacrifices Langley men and women made during two world wars. And author Annette Fulford sheds light on pioneer war brides who arrived in Canada following the Great War. Read HERE. Cenotaph ceremonies will be conducted virtually this year during the Covid-19 pandemic.
When Langley Township moved to a numbered road system of streets and avenues back in 1946, family names connected with roads disappeared. In some cases, multiple family names were connected to one road. (200 Street was known by 5 different names along various stretches.) Some pioneer names survive at Langley schools like Topham and Douglas; creeks and rivers, including Bertrand and Nicomekl -- and parks like Alex Hope, Noel Booth and James Kennedy. The Township’s largest bus interchange is named after Jack Carvolth, killed in action at Vimy in 1917. Some original names are also preserved in heritage road markers. Thanks to Maureen Pepin’s efforts, these original names are found in her book, Roads & Other Place Names in Langley, B.C. (1998). It’s an excellent resource to discover who Langley’s roads, historic communities and waterways were named after and includes many profiles. Avenues Running East & West Boundary…………………....0 [...]
Photos have a wonderful power to capture specific moments in time. The digital collection at Langley Centennial Museum is an excellent resource when hunting for images from Langley's past. We went searching for photos of the earliest days at Fort Langley's CNR Station. See what we found, HERE.
Photos have a wonderful power to capture specific moments in time. The digital collection at Langley Centennial Museum is an excellent resource when hunting for images from Langley's past. We went searching for photos of the earliest days at Fort Langley's CNR Station, built by the Canadian Northern Railway in 1915 to its Class 3 standard. (The railway was later absorbed by the publicly owned Canadian National Railway after Canadian Northern went broke during the Great War.) The photo below shows workers laying steel through Langley in 1911. Below: More levelling work in Langley to prepare the rail grade. Below: The first Canadian Northern (CNoR) train arrives in Fort Langley. Below: The station, as it looked in 1926. The gardens have begun to mature, tended by station agents Richard and Mary Simpson who lived at the station from 1918 until 1929. As Station Agent, Richard Simpson sold [...]
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