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History
Peak Production at Fort Langley
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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