Fort Langley

Exciting Fort Langly

Now it's true the previous picture from yesterday was from Langley, but I wasn't really too willing to admit I was in Langley, nor give any impression I like to hang out in Langley in my spare time. Not that there's anything wrong with the place.

On Sunday we went to the Fort Langley National Historic Site. Built in 1827, this was originally meant to be a fur trading post for the Hudson's Bay Company. It is also the site where the Crown Colony of British Columbia was proclaimed in 1858. Effectively it is the birthplace of BC.

This all sounds well and good, but the site is underwhelming. We expected the place to be fairly small, but there was almost no content to put in perspective what the significant goings on here were about. we saw the whole place in less than 25 minutes, and that was really stretching out the time there. It was not worth the $7.25 admission fee.

The town of Fort Langley itself is more interesting, though. We went to the local pub, which served decent food. Waiting for the bus, we wandered around. Looking at the dates on grave stones in the cemetary was somehow facinating.

This picture is inside the Fort. This is about the most interesting scene you might get. Apart from this there's a few bored staff dressed in hokey psuedo-19th century garb wandering about.