December 2019 - Langley Heritage Society

Loucks Legacy

Sometimes we receive questions about the story behind the houses that Langley Heritage Society has helped restore. Most recently we received a query from Kamloops about the Loucks Family home on 0 Avenue. Fortunately LHS member Maureen Pepin had already prepared a profile a while ago! Thanks Maureen. "William Markley Loucks was born in Ontario in 1865 and settled in Langley about 1908 after working in Atlin, B.C. and trying his luck in the Yukon gold fields. He and his wife, Wilhelmina (Minnie) Pillath, were married in 1907 and after the birth of their first son, Frederick Williams, bought a property on Zero Avenue between 272nd and 276th Streets where they lived in a log cabin while their larger house was built on the hill. The house is particularly noted for its curved wraparound verandah with turned columns and decorative newel posts as well as the wonderful view looking [...]

Mark Forsythe2020-05-27T05:59:39+00:00December 22nd, 2019|

Check out our Fall Newsletter

You can read our latest Langley Heritage Society newsletter HERE.

Mark Forsythe2020-05-27T05:59:39+00:00December 12th, 2019|

Merry Michaud Christmas

Michaud House in Langley City is looking very cheery -- thanks to our tenant Sandra Reams. More about the history of this lovely farmhouse built in 1888 and managed by the Langley Heritage Society HERE:

Mark Forsythe2020-05-27T05:59:39+00:00December 11th, 2019|

CN Station Goes National

Looking good. The Fort Langley CN Station received some Canada-wide exposure recently at the end of the Global National broadcast. Nice shot, Douglas Chambers!

Mark Forsythe2020-05-27T05:59:39+00:00December 7th, 2019|

CNR Station gets TLC

The Fort Langley CNR Station is in need of a new roof. LHS president Fred Pepin (left) and handyman extraordinaire, David Hockin, do preliminary work for the roofers. Thank you for your dedication to preserving Langley's unique heritage! (Helen Williams photo)

Mark Forsythe2020-05-27T05:59:40+00:00December 3rd, 2019|

December Valley Voices

Valley Voices speaks with historian Jean Barman about her new book, Invisible Generations. To be of mixed race -- Indigenous and white -- was to live between cultures, and to not be fully accepted by either. Irene Kelleher's parents were of mixed heritage, with roots stretching back to the gold rush. She was the first woman of Indigenous heritage to become a school teacher in B.C. Also: curator Kobi Christian takes us inside the Langley Centennial Museum exhibit Langley Collects -- needlepoint to carnival paraphernalia. LISTEN HERE. Or listen live each Wednesday at 11 am on CIVL Radio, 101.7 FM at the University of the Fraser Valley. Kobi Christian curated the Langley Collects exhibit at the Langley Centennial Museum. It continues until January 16th.