Member Stories
Member Stories
The Naming and Renaming of Vancouver Schools 1872-2022
Lindsay Gibson speaks on his research into the historic school names of Vancouver's three founding municipalities in this presentation for the Vancouver...
Canoe Cultures: Building a Legacy
The Vancouver Maritime Museum has partnered with the Canoe Cultures program to present a display featuring early images of canoe racing on...
Ladysmith & District Historical Society Opens Great War exhibit
The Ladysmith & District Historical Society has been busy writing articles and producing exhibits.
Two articles about The Society’s work in prestigious province wide magazines...
Japanese Hall 1928-2018: The Story of Resilience, Survival and Transformation
The Japanese School Hall is a Vancouver institution, opened in 1906. By stubbornness and luck its board retained ownership through the war,...
Nakusp’s grand old Centennial Building: From two-room schoolhouse to cultural hub
Just north of Nakusp's busiest intersection sits the Centennial Building, one of Nakusp's oldest buildings. First built as a two-room school house, this building...
Granite Creek Ghost Town: Granite Creek Preservation Society
Compiled by Mark Forsythe
Granite Creek, 1888 (George Dawson photo)
There
was a time when...
Valley Voices podcast features Fraser Canyon history
May's episode of the Langley Heritage Society's Valley Voices takes us on a journey into the Fraser Canyon, to Lytton, where two...
The Burrard Inlet Floating Post Office
This is a Member Story — submitted by Ron Hyde, Richmond
Captain Stalker
Captain J....
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...
Valley Voices — Harrison Mills, Fort Langley, Agassiz
Catch Mark Forsythe's latest edition of Valley Voices. In this edition, visit Kilby Historic Site at Harrison Mills, Fort Langley's CN Station, and the...
