A bus tour provides a relaxing means of touring the site. During the summer the fort provides a special kids’ programmed designed for ages 4-12 on its specially designated Kids’ Days.

This fort is an excellent place to visit to get a feel for the role the North West Mounted Police played on the prairies and during a period of Western expansion in Canada.

For more information:
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/sk/walsh/index_e.asp

Fort Langley
The Hudson’s Bay Company established the original Fort Langley in 1827. It was designed as part of a network of fur trade forts operating in the New Caledonia and Columbia Districts (now British Columbia and northern Washington). Commercial trade was critical to the fort and its leaders strove to maintain a good and peaceful trade in furs, salmon, and even cranberries with the local native inhabitants. But because of its strategic position on the Fraser River, the post grew beyond its roots and developed into a regional depot and forwarding centre. When the gold rush took off in 1858, the Americans invaded the region, leading to the annexation of the area as British Columbia.

Today the fort provides an opportunity to learn about the fur trade as well as the Spirit of the Kwantlen, an exhibit that provides a glimpse into the traditions and culture of the Kwantlen people.

This fort is the place to go to learn about early commerce and particularly the fur trade that drove so much exploration and colonization in the wilds of what would become the Dominion of Canada.

For more information:
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/bc/langley/index_e.asp

Copyright © 2007 All Rights Reserved – Fifty-Plus.Net International Inc.