Langley
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| ROUND TRIP | 25.6 km (16 miles) |
| TERRAIN | Paved roads and unpaved trail; rolling hills |
| TRAFFIC VOLUME | Low to moderate |
| ALLOW | 2 ½ to 3 ½ hours |
| HIGHLIGHTS | Telegraph Trail, Fort Langley, Fraser River views, historic site, Fort-to-Fort Trail, Edgewater Bar |
| PICNIC SPOT | Fort Langley National Historic Site picnic area at 12.5 km |
| STARTING POINT | West Langley Park on 208th Street in Walnut Grove |
| HOW TO GET THERE | BY CAR: Leave Hwy 1 at exit 58 and drive north on 200th Street. Turn right on 88th Avenue East then left on 208th Street. The park is on the right a few metres beyond the 93rd Avenue intersection. |
| BY TRANSIT: Take the bus to 96th Avenue and 208th Street. | |
| WHEN TO GO | Attend Fort Langley’s May Day Parade or Brigade Days in August. |
| CONNECTS WITH | Glen Valley |
Site of the first Fort Langley
LEAVING WALNUT GROVE, you speed down a long and glorious descent on Telegraph Trail. Thereafter, there is much to stop and look at on this historical ride.
Entering Fort Langley from its back door on River Road, you glimpse the restored Hudson’s Bay fort from below its stockade. Built on this site in 1839 as a fur-trading post, Fort Langley became a large and busy centre, employing an army of craftsmen to serve trappers, farmers and gold miners. Today, within the log palisade, the fort comprises both reconstructed and original buildings, including the Big House (the officers’ quarters), the general store, a cooperage and a blacksmith’s forge. Costumed staff members are on hand to answer any questions.
Four kilometres downstream, along your route, is the site of the first Fort Langley, hurriedly built in 1827 as a base for the Hudson’s Bay Company’s growing trade with the Native peoples of the Fraser River. A hiking/cycling route, the Fort-to-Fort Trail, links the two sites. Opposite the commemorative cairn is a restored 1909 homestead, as well as access to the Houston Trail (for walkers and horseback riders only) through the forest—all part of Derby Reach Regional Park.
Finally, via Edge Farm Trail, you arrive at the riverfront camping and picnic area at Edgewater Bar before heading home.
KM THE ROUTE
0.0 West Langley Park parking lot. Take the paved path to the right of the sports field, keeping right past the playground onto 93rd Avenue.
0.2 Left on 93rd Avenue.
0.7 Right on 212th Street.
1.3 Right on Walnut Grove Drive. Cross 88th Avenue.
2.6 Left on 85th Avenue at the T-junction.
3.1 Right on Telegraph Trail. Cross 216th Street and begin a long downhill with views.
6.2 Left on Glover Road. Use caution at this junction.
6.7 Right on Rawlison Crescent.
7.5 Stay left on Rawlison where 232nd Street joins. Use extreme caution at this turning.
8.5 Railway tunnel. Go uphill shortly after. Mountain Conservation Centre is on your right.
9.3 Keep left at junction onto 240th Street (may not be signposted at this point).
10.6 Left on River Road.
12.3 Left on Mavis Avenue.
12.5 Fort Langley National Historic Site. Museums, picnic tables, toilets.
12.8 From Mavis Avenue, turn right on Glover Road and cross the railway tracks. The signposted Fort-to-Fort Trail begins just past the Fort Pub opposite.
13.0 Left onto the Fort-to-Fort Trail. The wide gravel path beside the Bedford Channel of the Fraser River skirts a residential area; opposite is Brae Island.
14.3 Salmon River Pump Station. Viewing platform. The trail narrows, with ups and downs. Please give way to walkers.
15.4 Right on Allard Crescent. Roadside trail.
16.1 Right on Fort-to-Fort Trail along Derby Bluffs.
17.1 Derby Reach Regional Park Heritage Area. A cairn marks the site of the original fort. Houston House (not open to the public) and restored farm buildings opposite. Picnic tables, toilets.
Continue on the gravel trail (Edge Farm Trail) descending from the cairn. Views across the river to Kanaka Creek Riverfront Park.
18.7 Keep straight ahead on the gravel road past the campsites.
19.4 Edgewater Bar. Picnic tables, toilets, camping, fishing.
19.5 Right on Allard Crescent past fields dyked for cranberry bogs.
21.8 Left on 208th Street.
23.7 Left on Yeomans Crescent.
24.5 Right on 96th Avenue, then immediately left on 210th Street.
25.2 Right on 93rd Avenue.
25.4 Right onto the path at the playground.
25.6 West Langley Park parking lot.