"Vancouver is a modern city, but not all that long ago it was little more than a remote outpost where Europeans traded with the area’s Indigenous peoples. Fueled by starry-eyed prospectors, Fort Langley grew from roughly 150 people to 30,000 at the height of the gold rush, and played a key role in establishing the 49th parallel as the boundary between the United States and Canada. Only one of the original buildings remains at the National Historic Site, but the reconstructed fort feels like a journey back in time." - Jennifer Van Evra
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