Fort Langley National Historic Site, BC

Glover Road, Fort Langley's main street, features a variety of shops, antique stores and galleries, many of which are housed in well-maintained heritage buildings. Visitors can stop at the large interpretive map of Fort Langley displayed at the railroad historical site, which outlines a heritage walking tour of the town.

Population: 2,700

Location: Fort Langley is located on the southern shore of the Fraser River, just north of the Trans-Canada Highway 1, 30 miles (48 km) east of Vancouver. To the south of Fort Langley is the community of Langley.

• Fort Langley National Historic Site

  Video Presentation: Fort Langley is a delightful reminder of yesteryear, with a 10-minute video production depicting the early history of the fort. Viewed in a theatre in the main fort, between the Storehouse and Exhibit building, the video offers a soundtrack in any of five languages: English, French, German, Cantonese, and Japanese.

• The Fort Langley Heritage Walking Tour is a must on any visit to the fort, with an informative tour brochure available to guide you through the fort, with descriptions of the more important lovingly restored buildings and attractions. Tour highlights include the Fort Langley Train Station, built in 1913, the beautifully restored Fort Langley Community Hall, with its Doric style columns and a most imposing pediment, and St. Andrews United Church, Langley's oldest surviving church, built in 1885.

• Train tracks run along the riverbank below the fort to the nearby Fort Langley Railroad Museum on Glover Road, with its restored station from the 1920's era, a Canadian National Railway caboose, and an operating model railway. It's well worth a visit, as you explore the town in the vicinity of the fort.

• Heritage Gardens: Fort Langley residents take their heritage gardens seriously: lush peonies in the railway station garden are directly descended from those planted by the original stationmaster's wife.

• Experience the pioneer lifestyle in Fort Langley

  Stop by the BC Farm Machinery and Agricultural Museum, which features a wind-powdered water well and Tiger Moth airplane.

• No visit to Fort Langley is complete without a visit to the Langley Centennial Museum & National Exhibition Centre.

• The sole survivor of the maple trees planted in 1922 to commemorate soldiers who died in the First World War can be viewed at Glover Road and 96th Avenue.

• The Mountain View Conservation and Breeding Centre is a must for all animal lovers; book a guided walk or drive past some of the world’s most endangered species, including lemurs, Cape Hunting Dogs, Masai Giraffe and Pygmy Hippopotami.

• The Canadian Museum of Flight, housed in a hanger at Langley Airport, is home to a unique collection of historic aircraft and artifacts. Exhibits include over 25 aircraft ranging from a WWII Handley Page Hampden (the only one on display in the world) to a T-33 Silverstar. The museum’s Millennium Kids Room teaches children how an aircraft flies and what makes an engine work.

• Campbell Valley Regional Park offers 20 kilometres of spectacular walking trails through coastal forest and wetlands. During the warm weather, Derby Reach Regional Park, found along the Fraser River west of Fort Langley, provides hikers, cyclists and equestrian riders with over 15 km of trails through fields that were once farmed by pioneers. Visitors are delighted by the wooded trails running along Pepin Brook in Aldergrove Lake Regional Park.

• Golf: Fort Langley Golf Course is a hidden gem in a country setting, nestled on the banks of the Fraser and Salmon Rivers. With tight tree lined fairways, numerous sand bunkers, ponds and smooth undulating greens, every club in your bag will be tested. Championship golf can be played from our blue tees measuring 6,377 yards (18 holes, par 71). Golf Vacations in an around Vancouver.

• See the best of the area on a driving Circle Tour. Head north out of Vancouver for a scenic tour of the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island, or stay on the intensely scenic Sea to Sky Highway, passing through the magical winter resort town of Whistler and looping through the Coast Mountains. To explore the rural farmlands and forests of the fertile Fraser Valley, travel outbound on the scenic route north of the historic Fraser River, returning westwards along the Trans Canada Highway 1 to Vancouver. Circle Tours in BC.