Rising from the mist of the Fraser River, the palisades of Fort Langley stand tall. Inside the walls, rough-hewn timber buildings recreate the rugged 1800s. Explore BC’s real fort, first built in 1827 by the Hudson’s Bay Company to trade with Indigenous communities.
See where Hudson’s Bay Company fur traders mingled with California gold prospectors and hear First Nations interpreters tell century-old tales. There is so much to discover: Take a guided tour, hear the clang of the anvil or the creak of wooden barrel staves during our live demonstrations, and camp overnight in a furnished, heritage-themed oTENTik.
Fur trade posts were not only in the fur trade business. Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), for instance, has always been interested in diversifying. In the early days, many of its merchants experimented with whaling, mining, and timber. At Fort Langley, besides fur, HBC was dealing salted salmon mostly in Hawaii, cranberry in California, and, in 1858-59, they benefited from the Gold Rush when more than 30,000 miners arrived in the Fraser valley.
Travel from post to post! During Historic Places Days, visit Fort Langley National Historic Site and live the effervescence of the Canadian West Coast in a former fur trade post of the Hudson Bay Company in the 19th century
