Viewing Object

Object Description

Object Name

Transparency, Slide

Object ID

2017.048.066

Title

Mayor John Scholtens watching another man give a speech inside the Fort Langley National Historic Site during the Township of Langley's 125th anniversary celebration.

Date

20 Jun. 1998.

Description

Colour slide of Langley Mayor John Scholtens observing another man give a speech inside a building at the Fort Langley National Historic Site during the Township of Langley's 125th anniversary. The man giving the speech is on the right, wearing a black suit with a gold crest on the left of his chest. He is standing at a podium with a small microphone or light on it. Mayor Scholtens is in the middle of the photograph in the background, to the right of a window. He is holding his hands in front of him and looking towards the man speaking. Mayor Scholtens is wearing a black suit jacket that is open. Behind the man on the wood panelled wall are four framed pictures.

People/Subject

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.

Scholtens, John

Mayor of the Langley Township in 1993.

Township of Langley, 125th Anniversary

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Argus v4.4.2.32 - Langley Centennial Museum