Viewing Object

Object Description

Object ID

2011.017.006

Date

[between 1956 and 1960].

Description

2 pages (a - b) of original listing of street names and number changes; off-white colouring; black ink; each only has text on one side;
a. Header reading "Langley City & Municipality" and has street names listed alphabetically; produced by Conway Brown Litho-Print, King George Highway, North Surrey.

b. Header reading "Street and Avenues Numerical" and has streets and avenues listed numerically as well as census figures from 1951 and 1956; produced by Conway Brown Litho-Print, King George Highway, North Surrey.

People/Subject

Langley (municipality)

Langley is a municipality incorporated in 1873 south of the Fraser River. Langley was named after Thomas Langley, a prominent stockholder in the management of the Hudson's Bay Company. He had inherited his brother's stock in the Company in 1793 and was selected as a member of the committee in 1807. He held this position until his death in 1829.
See Also: Township of Langley
Term Source: Don Waite's "Langley Story Illustrated"

Langley City

The City of Langley, B.C., covering the Langley Prairie region, was incorporated in 1955.

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