Above photo: Frank Leonard, 1924, from Vancouver Public Library collection. Thanks to Trinity Western University student Sophia Kutney who shared her paper on the Fort Langley CNR Station. This has been edited for length. In the heart of Fort Langley, the earliest agricultural centre in British Columbia and the first permanent European settlement in the Fraser Valley, lies a 107 year old train station that represents the visionary expansion of travel opportunities and the importation and exportation of freight around Canada and within Langley. While this train station underwent many transitions since 1915, being owned first by Canadian Northern Railway, and secondly Canadian Government Railway for a half year, and finally the Canadian National Railway in 1918, the train station remained a central place of opportunity for the Langley community. The CNR Station was run by the Station Agent who lived on site with his family on the upper floor, constantly [...]