Derby Reach in Fort Langley
Derby Reach Park is the home of the original Hudson Bay
Company Fort Langley site and now black cottonwoods support
the nests of a colony of blue herons.
The only GVRD park to over overnight camping.
There is good fishing in the area.
Derby Reach in Fort Langley
The Fraser River Gold Rush of 1858 brought many people to the Fraser Valley.
The rapid influx of people, mostly American, concerned James Douglas,
Governor of Vancouver Island and Chief Factor of the Hudson’s Bay Company.
He felt it threatened British sovereignty.
The operations of the company, law and order, and control over mining activity because the mainland was not yet declared a Crown Colony.
On Nov. 19, 1858 the colony of British Columbia was proclaimed.
On 25, 1858 the Victoria Gazette announced that the sale of the
Derby lots would start that day.
Because the public felt that Derby would become either the
Capital or the Port of Entry for the new colony, auction prices
far exceeded those expected. By Nov. 30th
all of the lots were sold and Kanaka and First Nations people were displace.
”No Capital” Decision Creates Ghost Town.
The Fraser River Gold Rush of 1858 brought many people to the Fraser Valley.
The rapid influx of people, mostly American, concerned James Douglas,
Governor of Vancouver Island and Chief Factor of the Hudson’s Bay Company.
He felt it threatened British sovereignty.
The operations of the company, law and order, and control over mining activity because the mainland was not yet declared a Crown Colony.
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old style restroom~
milkhous
Before the 19th century, a small subsidiary structure in which milk
and other dairy products were stored at a lowered temperature
with cooling usually provided by slowly running cold spring
water or the runoff from an icehouse;
typically had overhanging eaves to shade it,
and double walls and ceiling filled
with a thermal insulator, such as sawdust;
commonly had a concrete floor to promote cleanliness
and louvers for ventilation; was separated from the barn
for reasons of sanitation.
This term replaced by the word dairy in the 1800s;
health regulations have now made such structures obsolete.
Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/milk-house-1#ixzz1u4SqEKPTe ~
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In April 1859, the more strategically located New Westminster became
the Capital and Port of Entry for the Colony of B.C. and construction at
Derby stopped.
To compensate those who purchased lots at Derby,
Douglas offered them lots in New Westminster in exchange.
Soon after, Derby Townsite and its plans were abandoned.
Gold Rush Sparks Population Boom
Derby Reach in Fort Langley
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