Our latest newsletter is in the mail to members and available on line. This issue includes an update on salishan Place by the River, and when it might open. LHS has sponsored school visits to the former Langley Centennial Museum for many years, and we're sponsoring classroom spaces in the new complex. Read it HERE.
Maurice Guibord, Executive Director of Société historique francophone de la Colombie-Britannique has done extensive research into Francophone history in British Columbia. The excerpt below is from his presentation to the Langley Heritage Society in spring 2024. "The beginnings of Francophones in the area that became Langley go back to the beginnings of colonization. For the continental fur trade to be fully controlled, the HBC established forts throughout the territory, staffed by Kanakas (Hawaiians), Orkneymen, Englishmen, and a majority of French-speaking Canadiens (the term then used for French Canadians), Métis and First Nations men from Lower Canada. In 2010, historian Bruce Watson researched and published his three-volume compendium Lives lived west of the divide: A Biographical Dictionary of Fur Traders working west of the Rockies 1793-1858, which clearly indicates that over 60% of the fur trade employees on the Pacific coast were Francophones. While the Chief Factors were Anglophones, they [...]
Each year the Langley Heritage Society awards a $1,000 dollar scholarship to a Langley high school student, in memory of volunteer and conservationist, Bays Blackhall. This year's recipient is Grace Lee from Walnut Grove Secondary School whose goal is to become an engineer. We wish her much success! The scholarship is open to all high school students in Langley and acknowledges academic achievement, community service and need. This year the Langley School District Foundation provided: 295 scholarships benefitting... 245 graduating Langley School District Students With a grand total of... $256,280 in awards for the 2024 graduating year!
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