October 2022 - Langley Heritage Society

Heritage Lives Here

Wark Dumais House on the campus of Kwantlen Polytechnic University The Langley Heritage Society has restored homes, barns and a train station over the last four decades. Directors of the Society visit the tenants in these buildings every year, and we're always struck by how much care and attention is given to each property. LHS president Fred Pepin has a renovation story for each one of these buildings too -- his leadership over the years is nothing short of remarkable. Find out more about these, and other, restored buildings go HERE. Lattimer House, Milner Dixon House barn Lamb Stirling House, Murrayville Sperling Church

Mark Forsythe2022-10-31T17:25:37+00:00October 31st, 2022|

The Story of Vancouver’s Oldest Building

Filmed at Old Hastings Mill Store Museum in Vancouver, author Lisa Anne Smith in conversation with BCHF’s Mark Forsythe, about all things related to Vancouver’s oldest surviving building. Smith discusses her new book, Hastings Mill: The Historic Times of a Vancouver Community, delving deep into colourful stories of the mill, its eclectic cast of characters, and how an unlikely group of women, the Native Daughters of British Columbia, saved an iconic remnant of Vancouver heritage from demolition. Follow the link HERE.

Mark Forsythe2022-10-27T16:01:59+00:00October 27th, 2022|

SS Beaver’s Bell
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SS Beaver’s Bell

The Hudson's Bay Company established a trading post at Derby Reach on the Fraser River in 1827, and 9 years later, the London-built SS Beaver went into service. It carried furs, food, supplies and people to forts along the coast for almost 40 years and has been described as, "a floating HBC trading post". (See HERE) The steam-driven paddle wheeler was eventually sold to a Victoria merchant who converted it into a tug-boat; its bell was then put into storage until Henry Wark (HBC factor and Fort Langley postmaster) spotted it and asked to have it for St Andrew's Church in Fort Langley, built in 1885. Read more about the bell's story below. (Information from Tribute a book about St Andrew's United Church by Marjorie Rosberg) SS Beaver (photo UBC) Fort Langley Advance 31 December 1964.

Mark Forsythe2023-09-22T02:32:13+00:00October 18th, 2022|

Scarecrow Showcase

It's alive! Volunteers with the Fort Langley CNR Station have been stuffing straw into burlap bags to create a very dapper station agent. He's one of 20 scarecrows fashioned by community organizations for the Fort Langley National Historic Site's first annual Scarecrow Showcase. The band of scarecrows will be on display during harvest season until October 31st; pay a visit and vote for your favourite. More details HERE.

Mark Forsythe2022-10-07T00:34:55+00:00October 7th, 2022|

Heritage Lives Here

The Story of Vancouver’s Oldest Building

SS Beaver’s Bell

SS Beaver’s Bell

Scarecrow Showcase

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