Welcome to Fort Langley!

Don’t miss a minute of the fun!
Fort Langley’s 90^th Annual May Day Parade & Celebrations
Monday, May 21, 2012

Pancake Breakfast at Lions Hall (adults $5/kids under 12 $4), 8:00 – 10:30AM
Longest running annual May Day Parade in BC! Starts at 11:00 on Glover Road
May Pole Dancing, rides and vendors in Fort Langley Park begin after the parade.
Famous Fort Langley Lions chicken BBQ at the Mary Avenue Food Court
Free admission to Fort Langley National Historic Site all day – Cannon firing 1:00 & 3:00PM; Aboriginal dancing at 2:00PM and Fur Trade Wedding at 4:00PM
Displays and activities at the BC Farm Museum all day – be sure to watch for them in the parade too!
Clothing Swap and exhibits open at the Langley Centennial Museum all day.

News Release: 2012 Heritage Awards Langley Heritage Society
For Immediate Release: April 27, 2012

Two private-property owners have been recognized for heritage conservation, in an
award program established by the Langley Heritage Society.

The recipients are Eric Woodward for his facade enhancements of the west side of
Glover Road and Marten and Ruth Van Huizen for their restoration of the Field & Marten office.

The awards and recognition plaques were presented at the annual general meeting of the Heritage Society on Friday evening.

Recognition was given to the extensive streetscape renovations to a major part of
downtown Fort Langley by Eric Woodward. The entire block of storefronts on the west side of Glover Road received facade enhancements consistent with Langley Township’s heritage design guidelines. Heritage Society president, Fred Pepin, presented the award to Woodward and thanked him “for incorporating heritage elements in the new facades and helping to revitalize a major part of the downtown”.

The conversion of a residence into an office for Field & Marten won recognition for the expert restoration of a building with heritage interest. Part of the building, located on the corner of Francis Avenue and Church Street, originally was the stable belonging to Langley’s first physician, Dr. Benjamin Marr. In 1924 most of the stable was moved from beside the Marr House to its current location and converted into living quarters by Joe Sailes, a fisherman. A smaller portion of the stable with two horse stalls remained at the Marr House for the pony of the doctor’s young son, Bill.

Over the years the Sailes home received additions but the original portion is still identifiable on the south side. Marten and Ruth Van Huizen were commended by Pepin for their attention to detail and sensitive restoration of a building with an interesting link to Langley’s history.

The awards program, now in its third year, has three categories for award eligibility. The Van Huizen’s Field & Marten office was honored for the adaptive re-use of a building with heritage interest. Eric Woodward received the award for incorporating heritage into the newly built environment or a re-development project.

No award was presented this year in the third category, preservation of a heritage building. However, Pepin gave a slide show presentation on the Dixon Barn which was recently restored and preserved by the Langley Heritage Society.

The Heritage Society will continue the awards program by keeping track of heritage
related projects in Langley and each year select a maximum of one award in each of the three categories.

For more information contact Fred Pepin at 604-856-8908.