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The first overland telegraph system in the Canadian West was undertaken by the Collins Overland Telegraph Line, located and constructed through the lower Fraser Valley by Edmund Conway in April to May of 1865. The Telegraph line was commemorated with a cairn and plaque in 1958 in Northwest Langley. Telegraph Trail follows the original alignment of the trail at several places in the municipality; it is designated as a heritage site between 72 and 80 Avenues and 240 and 248 Streets. Telegraph Trail was not improved, and lost its main function when the telegraph line was moved to the Yale Road in 1880.
Term Source: Township of Langley Heritage Listing.