BCHF News
BCHF News
Province gives Chinese Canadian Museum another $10 million
The Wing Sang building will be the new home of the Chinese Canadian Museum. (City of Vancouver Archives)
Revelstoke Museum plans Reclaimed Voices exhibit
The Revelstoke Museum and Archives is planning a new exhibit called Reclaimed Voices that will give the...
O’Keefe Ranch has to pay Vernon $182,000
The Historic O’Keefe Ranch still owes the City of Vernon $182,000.
City council...
Rain and Rugged Terrain: A History of Chapman Land Survey
For more than a century, Chapman Land Surveying Ltd. measured and mapped the terrain of our province. In this presentation for the...
The People of the Post: A Potted Memoir of Vancouver in the Gay ’70s
In this video from the Vancouver Historical Society, journalist Kevin Dale McKeown describes the early days of Vancouver's Gay and Drag communities...
Canadian Heritage wants feedback on museums policy
Canadian Heritage is working on renewing the Canadian Museum Policy and wants your feedback by the end of June through an online...
BC Archives drops licensing fees
The British Columbia Archives has dropped its licensing fees as of April 3. The BC Historical Federation...
Climate Change & Indigenous Cultural Heritage
An excerpt from the Spring 2023 issue of British Columbia History
Councillor George Chaffee of kʷʷikʷəƛ ̓əʷəƛ ̓əm...
The BCHF view on the closure of Point Ellice House
Point Ellice House seen in a painting by Edward Goodall. (Image msc130-12698_01 courtesy of the British Columbia Postcards Collection, a digital...
BC hockey player part of card set honouring Indigenous players
Johnny Harms, who played in the NHL for Chicago in the 1940s and senior hockey for Nelson...
