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unusual facts about Fort Langley-Aldergrove



Aldergrove, British Columbia

The Royal Canadian Navy's primary communication station for the Pacific fleet is located at Naval Radio Site Aldergrove.

Aldergrove, County Antrim

The first jet aircraft to make a non-stop transatlantic flight flew from Aldergrove on 21 February 1951: An RAF English Electric Canberra B Mk 2 (serial number WD932) flown by Squadron Leader A Callard of the A&AEE flew to Gander, Newfoundland, Canada.

Andrew Burchill Lynch

Rich Coleman, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Fort Langley-Aldergrove, regarded Lynch's newsletter as "required reading" for MLAs.

British Columbia Highway 13

Highway 13 begins in the south at its connection to Washington State Route 539 at the international border, and follows 264th Street north for 7 km (4 mi) to its junction with Highway 1A at Aldergrove.

Fort Langley

Sir George Simpson, Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, realized that Fort Vancouver built near present day Portland, Oregon might be lost to the Americans if the border did not follow the Columbia River.

Fort Nisqually

In 1824, Fort Vancouver was built a few miles from the Columbia River to the south and Fort Langley was built in 1827 on the Fraser River to the North.

Henry Lafont

He moved to No. 1 School of Army Co-operation at Old Sarum on 29 July and then went to Odiham on 10 August where he flew 15 hours on Tiger Moths and Hectors.He was posted to 6 OTU, Sutton Bridge on the 19 August, converting to Hurricanes and joined No. 245 Squadron at Aldergrove on 11 September.

Home, Pennsylvania

Although the episode was set in the town, it was actually filmed near Fort Langley, British Columbia.

K-class ferry

Both the Kulleet and the Klatawa were owned and operated by Metro Vancouver's Transportation Authority, TransLink, and they ran the Albion ↔ Fort Langley route on the Fraser River, between the Maple Ridge suburb of Albion on the North, to McMillan Island in Fort Langley, to the south.

Lisburn–Antrim railway line

Speculation remains that the line could one day re-open under plans to operate a Belfast — Lisburn — Antrim — Belfast circular route, with the possibility of a station for Belfast International Airport which is close to the line at Aldergrove.

Willowbrook Shopping Centre

These routes run from Langley City, southern Langley or Aldergrove to Surrey Central Station of the SkyTrain system.


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