Fraser River Commercial Gillnet Fishing from Fort Langley / Albion to Mission BC Canada 1953 to 1963: A Way of Life That Provided A Living.

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Object Name

Booklet

Object ID

2018.050.001

Title

Fraser River Commercial Gillnet Fishing from Fort Langley / Albion to Mission BC Canada 1953 to 1963: A Way of Life That Provided A Living.

Date

1 May 2019.

Description

A white softcover booklet titled "Fraser River Commercial Gillnet Fishing from Fort Langley / Albion to Mission BC Canada 1953 to 1963." The booklet has a clear plastic front cover. The page under it is white with a black and white photograph in the middle of a man working on the back of a small fishing boat out on the water. Above the picture the cover reads "Fraser River Commercial Gillnet Fishing from Fort Langley / Albion to Mission BC Canada 1953 to 1963" while below it says "A Way of Life That Provided A Living / By Bob Armstrong, May 2019." The spine is a plastic black coil while the back cover is black. The booklet contains several photographs and illustrations. It outlines the career Bob had as a fisherman, starting when he was just in high school. He would go on to work for the Department of Fisheries. He references many other fishermen in the area and page 11 and 12 include a list of fishermen, where they fished, and how often. The book also includes some recipes. It is 41 pages.

People/Subject

Armstrong, Albert Arthur "Art"

Albert Arthur "Art" Armstrong was born on March 27, 1908 to William Walter Armstrong Jr. of California and Jennie Lorene Griffiths of Harrowsmith, Kingston, Ontario. He attended the East Langley School. He married Hilda "Magda" Smith. Art died on February 19, 1993. Albert was interviewed in 1976. See SR-003 for the interview.

Armstrong, Bob

Fishing

See Also: boats
Term Source: Sears List of Subject Headings (16th. Ed.)

Fort Langley (village)

Fraser River, stɑl̓əw̓, stó:lō

Hassall, Pte John "Jack"

John "Jack" Hassall was born in Birmingham, England, July 14, 1886 and was a Veteran of the Boer War and First World War. Many able-bodied men didn’t come back from war, so the Federal Government Soldier’s Settlement Board encouraged a lot of men to acquire land and earn a living small scale farming. Jack Hassall was one of these able-bodied Veterans that accepted the boards offer and settled on the flat and fertile land of Glen Valley. He brought his wife, Christina, to Glen Valley around 1918 where they planned to take up residency.

Prior to moving into what is now known as the Hassall House, they lived further East on River Road. Once moved in, the couple operated a dairy farm and were important members of the Glen Valley community.

Jack Hassall died on August 8, 1979, soon followed by his wife Christina’s death August 13, 1982. Both are buried in the Fort Langley Cemetery, where Mr. Hassall is listed as a Private in the Veterans Guard of Canada.

Japanese Canadians

Probert, Walter (Buck)

q̓ʷɑ:n̓ƛ̓ən̓, Kwantlen First Nation

'Kwantlen' translates to tireless runner. Kwantlen Traditional Territory extends from Richmond and New Westminster in the west, to Surrey and Langley in the south, east to Mission, and to the northernmost reaches of Stave Lake. The Kwantlen People have lived on this land since time immemorial.

The Kwantlen First Nation are an Indigenous group, mainly located on McMillan Island in Fort Langley. Prior to European contact, their main village was Sqaiametl, where New Westminster is today, but they moved their main settlement to Fort Langley after the Hudson's Bay Company established a fort there. The Kwantlen traded with the Fort. As Canada came together, the Kwantlen peoples' importance in the country diminished, and their affairs were turned over to an Indian Agent. Modernly, the Kwantlen have seen a cultural resurgence after times of displacement and cultural loss, as well as economic growth through their business group, Seyem' Qwantlen. Their current hereditary chief is Marilyn Gabriel. The Kwantlen are culturally a Stó:lō people, though they operate as an independent nation. They speak the Downriver dialect of Halkomelem (hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, or Hun'qumi'num). There has been a renewed focus on teaching and learning hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, one of the ways Kwantlen is reclaiming their culture.

Waska, Harry

Harry Waska was originally from Ukraine but lived in Fort Langley for about 60 years. a Fort Langley fisherman and resident. He married Marjorie Ushaw on November 23, 1946. They had three children: Drew, Marnie and Sherry. Marjorie ran Waska's Store in Fort Langley for many years, across from the community hall (later the Jim's Pizza building). Harry was a charter member of the Fort Langley Lions Club, a member of the RCMP auxiliary in the 1970s, and a member of the Fort Langley Board of Trade. Marge and Harry were married for 53 years. He passed away on February 17, 2000 at the age of 78.

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