Heritage Sites

Heritage sites help tell Langley City’s story. These sites include heritage buildings, landmarks, and important local places that show how the community has changed over time.

Protecting heritage sites helps keep these places available for people to learn about, visit, and enjoy.

Learn more about Heritage sites in Langley City below.

The French Connection. Built in 1888 by Joseph and Georgiana Michaud , this was home to the first French Canadian family in Langley. Today the house sits on a quiet street near the heart of the city, but it was once part of a thriving dairy farm. The first Roman Catholic mass was said within its walls, before an old school house was moved to the family’s hay field to become St Joseph’s. The church was named after Joseph’s uncle, a priest who came west during the gold rush of 1858 to build Victoria’s first Catholic church.

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Historic Dairy Farm. Two prominent Langley families lived in the elegant Wark/Dumais farmhouse on Glover Road. Robert James Wark was reeve (or mayor) from 1914 – 1918, and the Albert Dumais family operated an impressive dairy farm until 1963 (he bought the 160 acre property in 1925 for $15,500). The house was built in three stages by the Warks, with the core constructed in 1890. The kitchen was added in 1900, the verandah in 1910. The Dumais family later dug a basement using horses, scraper ploughs and local help.

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