The Secretariat of the BCHF is located on the unceded traditional territory of the Coast Salish speaking Peoples.
British Columbia Historical Federation News
Conference – Calls for Presenters
Will you be coming to BCHF annual conference in Princeton this July? Do you have a presentation that you would like to...
Trail Historical Society producing bridge models
As part of efforts to look at reopening the old bridge in Trail to pedestrian traffic, the...
Raised in Chinatown sells out
Come learn more about the Raised in Chinatown exhibit at the Chinatown Storytelling Centre in Vancouver. Raised...
The remarkable rescue of Vancouver’s oldest building
Lisa Anne Smith recently spoke to the Vancouver Historical Society about the historic Old Hastings Mill Store Museum, Vancouver's oldest surviving building...
Book looks at Nanaimo’s soda history
Dalys Barney of the Nanaimo Historical Society has self-published a booklet, Message on a Bottle: Nanaimo's Soda...
The Last Word on Amelia Douglas
CTV's Mike McCardell has The Last Word on the Indigenous woman who was the wife of B.C.'s...
BC Maritime Museum on the move
Victoria's Steamship Terminal has been home to the Bateman Gallery for over a decade. (Google Street View)
The...
RBCM launches community engagement program
The Royal BC Museum and Archives has launched its community engagement program and is looking forward to speaking with British Columbians as...
Save the date for BCHF conference in Princeton
The BCHF is excited to announce that its annual conference will be held in Princeton this summer from July 20-23, 2023.
A Brief History of Brewing in BC
This early 20th century label from the Union Brewery in Trail reassuringly promised Golden Drops was "the beer without drugs or...
Mammoth exhibit for Bulkley Valley Museum
The Bulkley Valley Museum has received some mammoth bones from the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa on loan. The mammoth was...
