As mentioned yesterday, the Craig & Taylor lumber mill was almost lost in 1915. We've seen in several groups and on many pages that the Langley area doesn't really need to worry about wildfire and we're sure the residents of many communities over the past few years felt they didn't need to worry, either.
1915 saw the entire Lower Mainland endangered by wildfires, and many people lost homes, barns and businesses across what was then called the New Westminster and Central Fraser Valley Districts. For those interested, we did post a few stories back in 2023 about the 1915 fires. They can be found by searching "fire" in our posts.
Sadly, 1915 wasn't the first documented wildfire in this area, and we're sure there were many more fires pre-colonization, but it has been noted in written records that an out of control slash and burn had gone through this region in 1885.
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