Fort Langley’s Brigade Days are back with free admission over the BC Day weekend

FORT LANGLEY — Historical re-enactments, demonstrations and interactive activities are promised at Fort Langley National Historic Site during Brigade Days over the BC Day long weekend.

The annual two-day event takes place Saturday and Sunday, August 1 and 2. It features actors in period costumes, tours of the fort and demonstrations highlighting life during the fur trade era.

Admission is free throughout the summer, including Brigade Days, under the Canada Strong Pass.

This year’s event includes music and storytelling, a presentation on fur trade trapping, and demonstrations showing a pig and lamb being roasted using tools forged in the fort’s blacksmith shop.

Visitors can also collect trading cards from re-enactors and costumed interpreters through the weekend. There will be daily black powder demonstrations as well as an opportunity to pan for gold. Displays of Indigenous art are planned along with Indigenous-inspired food at The Ancestor Café.

Saturday’s schedule features the roasting demonstrations from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., a fur trade trapping presentation at 1 p.m., music and stories at 3 p.m., and a musical march at 4:15 p.m.

Sunday includes a fur trade fashion show, an annual feats of strength competition, black powder demonstrations and the closing musical march.