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Object Description

Object Name

Fonds

Object ID

MSS 051

Artist

Township of Langley. Incorporation

Title

Township of Langley Incorporation fonds.

Extent

0.5 cm of textual records.

Date

Photocopied [1973?].

Description

The fonds consists of copies of the original signatures of the 29 petitioners who requested the incorporation of the Langley and Derby district into a municipality on March 23, 1872, and typed lists of the petitioners' names [1973].

TRANSFERRED TO THE TOWNSHIP OF LANGLEY ARCHIVES IN 2006 BY CURATOR PAUL THISTLE.

People/Subject

Flannigan Sawmill

Flannigan Sawmill was located in South Westminster. The machinery was sold off in local newspapers in June 1965.

Alternate names:
Mackay & Flannigan Ltd.
McKay and Flannigan Bros.
McKay-Flannigan Sawmill

mills

See From: sawmills
See Also: logging, logging camps

Pepin, Alexander Joseph

Alexander Joseph Pepin was born in Murrayville on December 7, 1905, to Thomas Alfred Pepin and Lucy Pepin (nee Annand). He married Edna Wilson and had Marie and Aldred. Edna passed away in 1946 and Alexander married Lily Peacey. Alexander was known for collecting and displaying Canadian flags. He lived much of his life in the Aldergrove area. Alexander died on July 18, 1978.

petitions

pioneer settlers

Township of Langley, Incorporation

The Township of Langley, B.C., comprising Langley, Fort Langley, Murrayville, Langley Prairie, Derby, Milner, Aldergrove, Otter, Salmon River Uplands, and Glen Valley, was incorporated in 1873.

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