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0025
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Actors at the B.C. Centennial celebrations portray Royal Engineers raising the Union Jack.
Date
1958.
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Actors at the B.C. Centennial celebrations portray Royal Engineers raising the Union Jack.
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"A participant shows how a Royal Engineer would fly the Union Jack in honour of Simon Fraser's 1808 discovery of the Fraser River".
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Centennial Celebrations, 1958 (Colony of British Columbia)
In 1958, the province of British Columbia celebrated its Centennial. 1858 was the year Governor James Douglas declared the mainland of British Columbia a British colony. This declaration was made at Fort Langley. Langley was therefore at the centre of the 100th anniversary celebrations in 1958. The Fort Langley National Historic Site was reconstructed by the federal government and officially opened in July by Princess Margaret. The Langley Centennial Museum was opened across the street and people in Langley participated in a wide range of commemorative events ranging from beard growing contests to pageants.
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