Fort Langley National Historic Site of Canada

History

Peak Production at Fort Langley

Chart showing number of barrels of salmon and cranberries, and number of beaver traded
Trading at Fort Langley between 1827 and 1873
© Mary Cullen, The History of Fort Langley / 1827-96

The image above, and displayed on the previous web page, portrays a bar graph showing the amounts of goods traded (x-axis - vertical) at Fort Langley between 1827 and 1873 (y-axis - horizontal). The goods represented on the graph are Barrels of salmon (red bars), beaver furs traded (black bars), and barrels of cranberries (yellow bars).

The records for some years have not been found, not necessarily that no trading occurred for that year. Data values presented on the graph are as follows:

Year Salmon Barrels Beaver Furs Cranberry Barrels
1827 - 830 -
1828 - 1129 -
1829 - 1714 -
1830 200 654 -
1831 300 2014 -
1832 - 1416 -
1833 220 2823 -
1834 56 1481.5 -
1835 605 1377 -
1836 200 1182.5 -
1837 450 999 -
1838 597 633 -
1839 400 1030.75 -
1840 300 825 -
1841 540 602.25 -
1842 - 764.75 -
1843 - 850.5 -
1844 890 593 -
1845 800 292.25 -
1846 1600 371 -
1847 1385 316.75 -
1848 1703 253 -
1849 2610 113.25 -
1850 1600 60 -
1851 950 53 -
1852 1832 123 -
1853 2000 295.5 -
1854 2000 428.75 -
1855 - 906 725
1856 510 1094.5 576.5
1857 - 891.25 Approx. 100
1858 - - -
1859 - - -
1860 - - -
1861 - - -
1862 - - -
1863 - - -
1864 - 225.25 -
1865 - 263.5 -
1866 - - -
1867 92 - -
1868 Turned bad - -
1869 130 - -
1870 108 - -
1871 7.5 - -
1872 - - -
1873 - - -

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