The history of Fort Langley, 1827-96 (Canadian historic sites) - Softcover
- PublisherParks Canada : [available from Print. and Pub., Supply and Services Canada
- Publication date1979
- ISBN 10 0660004259
- ISBN 13 9780660004259
- BindingPerfect Paperback
- Number of pages146
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Canadian Historic Sites: The History of Fort Langley, 1827-96; Ranch Houses of the Alberta Foothills
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Parks Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
(1979)
ISBN 10: 0660004259
ISBN 13: 9780660004259
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 146 pp. with B/W illustrations. No. 20 in Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History. Cover lightly rubbed and soiled, with price-tag scar at upper front corner. "Fort Langley was established by the Hudson's Bay Company as part of the expansion of the company's trade on the Pacific Coast and also served a political function in maintaining a British presence on the coast. Diversification of products kept the fort and Langley Farm economically vialbe long after the Company was spent as an international force, but competition from larger centres in the developing province of British Columbia ultimately compelled the Company to abandon its operations at the post in 1896. An evocative description of the architecture, furnishings and grounds of ranch houses of the Sheep Creek area of southern Alberta, the paper focuses on Cottonwoods, the author's boyhood home, built in the early 1890s and developed through successive alterations in the following years, and touches on other typical and atypical ranch dwellings in the area.". Seller Inventory # 000957
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