Two women visiting Fort Langley.

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Object Description

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

2011.024.054

Title

Two women visiting Fort Langley.

Date

[ca. 1960].

Description

1 colour photograph of two women visiting the Fort Langley National Historic Park ; image shows the two women smiling, wearing dark coats, and standing in front of a sign that reads: "CANADA/ FORT LANGLEY/ NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK". Agnes Cronkhite (nee Macdonald) on the left is standing next to her first cousin, Helen Henderson (nee Laird)

People/Subject

Cronkhite, Agnes (nee Macdonald)

Agnes Cronkhite (née Macdonald) (1888-1967) was born in 1888 in Nova Scotia. Agnes Macdonald married Abram Cronkhite, and together they had three children: John Morrison, Flora Eunice (married name Ellis), and Marshall Abram Cronkhite. Mr. & Mrs. Cronkhite come from a background of "United Empire Loyalist" stock. She died in 1967 in Aldergrove.

Fort Langley National Historic Site

The Hudson's Bay Company established Fort Langley in 1827 in present day Derby Reach Regional Park. It was moved upriver to its current site in 1839. The Fort was run as a provisioning station and farm. The Company moved out of the Fort in 1886. From 1888 into the 1920's the Mavis family ran a farm on the land. In the 1920s the Fort was recognized by the federal government's Historic Sites and Monuments Board, though by that time only one building remained. The land was purchased and from 1931 until 1958, the Native Sons operated a museum on the site. In 1955, the Fort was declared a National Historic Site. A few years later more buildings were reconstructed and much of the collection was moved to the Langley Centennial Museum. Today the Fort is run by Parks Canada.

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