Aerial view of the Fort Langley Hotel and Mill during the 1948 Flood.

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Object Description

Object ID

2988

Title

Aerial view of the Fort Langley Hotel and Mill during the 1948 Flood.

Date

1948.

Description

Portrait orientation black and white photograph postcard depicting an aerial view of the Fort Langley Hotel and Mill along the Bedford Channel during the 1948 Flood, looking west. The image shows the tops of many buildings and trees poking out of the flood waters. In the foreground there is a dark bar that may be part of the vehicle that they were using to take this photo. In a handwritten script along the bottom edge there is an inscription that reads, "FORT LANGLEY B.C. FLOOD 1948".

People/Subject

Fort Langley (village)

Fort Langley Hotel

The Fort Langley Hotel (originally known as just the Langley Hotel) was built by first owner James Taylor in the late 1860s, early 1870s, and appeared to incorporate part of a saloon built by Henry West, the builder of the steam mill. There were three "long term" hotel keepers: James Taylor, from when he built it until about 1889, Peter Stanley Brown, who ran it from 1891-1914, and Warren W. (Spud, or Jack) Webster, who ran it from 1914 - abt. 1938. Alexander Praisley was proprietor of the hotel in the late 1950s and 1960s. After many years and several renovations, the hotel was the oldest in B.C. by the 1970s. On December 29, 1974, the owners burned the hotel to the ground to collect the insurance money. The site is now the home of the Riverside Centre (2007).
See Also: Brown's Hotel, hotels

Fraser River Flood of 1948

Refers to the large, Fraser River flood of 1948. Similar subject term, "floods and flooding" refers more generally to floods and flooding.

mills

See From: sawmills
See Also: logging, logging camps

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