Vancouver, English Bay, Saturday, 19 July 1919. Vista of beachgoers, Sylvia Court Apartments (decorated for the Great Peace celebration) and bathhouses from the English Bay Pier — a stark contrast to the current landscape. Photo by W.J. Moore. Maj. Matthews Collection, Vancouver City Archives.
Committees
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Education:
Each year, on the day before the annual conference, Workshops
and other educational events are offered to BC Historical Federation members as well as to host communities.
Contact: Director Brenda L. Smith
Historic Trails and Sites:
The BC Historical Federation supports the protection, preservation and marking of sites, relics,
natural features, and other objects and places of historical interest to British Columbians. A
Questionnaire is used to compile a
Report that summarizes significant trails, sites,
monuments or personages in the province.
Contact: Tom Lymbery,
1979 Chainsaw Ave., Gray Creek, V0B 1S0
Phone 250.227.9448 Fax 250.227.9449
or John Whittaker, Victoria
trails
W. Kaye Lamb Essay Scholarships:
Each year, the BC Historical Federation offers two W. Kaye Lamb Scholarships for student essays relating to British Columbia history.
Contact: Marie Elliott
℅ BC Historical Federation,
P.O. Box 5254, Station B, Victoria, V8R 6N4
essays
Lieutenant-Governor’s Award for Historical Writing:
Each year, the BC Historical Federation offers the Lieutenant-Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing to the previous year’s best book about British Columbia history.
Contact: Director William R. Morrison
Membership:
The British Columbia Historical Federation is an umbrella organization embracing different Membership classes that include Member Societies as well as Affiliated Members, Associate Members and Corporate Members.
Contact: Director Ron Hyde
Publications:
Coordinates and supervises British Columbia Historical Federation publications as well as historical sketches, studies and documents published by the Federation.
Contact: Director Jacqueline Gresko
Recognition:
Each year, the BC Historical Federation recognizes outstanding contributions by individuals and groups
to the study and promotion of British Columbia history by awarding either
Certificates of Appreciation,
Merit, or Recognition and a Newsletter prize.
Contact: Second Vice President Gary Mitchell
Anne and Philip Yandle Best Article Award:
Each year, the BC Historical Federation recognizes the Best Article published in British Columbia History with an award.
Contact: TBA
Website Award:
Each year, the BC Historical Federation offers a cash award for the best Website about British Columbia history.
Contact: Duff Sutherland, History Instructor, Selkirk College,
301 Frank Beinder Way, Castlegar, V1N 3J1
Phone 250.365.7292 x 334 Fax 250.365.6568
webprize