British Columbia Historical Federation

Betty Walker Betty Walker, past president of the Vancouver Historical Society and a member for 65 years, has...

Fred Herzog: Photographs was published in 2011. Fred Herzog, known for his colour photographs of Vancouver life beginning in...

Steve Lapshinoff, a prolific Doukhobor historian, has died at 76. Among his publications was a documentary report on the 1924 death...

Dr. John Herd Thompson, a former history department chair at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, has...

Gordon Butt, who was for many years a director of both the Silvery Slocan and Sandon historical societies, has died at 82....

The BCHF is saddened to announce that we have lost a long-standing member of the Friends of the BC Archives, and past...

The BC History of Nursing Society shares new of the death of one of their long time members —Nursing Sister Jessie Lee...

We are saddened to hear of the death of Bill McNamara, President of Friends of the Surrey Museum. The...

Jack Brown The Surrey Historical Society is saddened by the death of dedicated member and Past President Jack...

We are sad to announce the death of Ken MacLeod of Vancouver. You may remember the articles Ken wrote and published in...

We were saddened to hear that Daniel Gallacher passed away on December 24, 2018. Dan was chief curator at the Royal BC...

With great sadness, we heard about the passing of friend and colleague Greg Evans last week. Whether you knew Greg through his work at...

Arnold Ranneris, who was involved with the Victoria Historical Society and BC Historical Federation passed away suddenly on Sunday, November 4, 2018 in Victoria,...

May 24, 1945 - September 28, 2018 It is with sorrow that the family of Dave Parker announce his passing on September 28, 2018. Dave...

Robin Brammall, who died recently on December 19, 2017, was for many years a familiar figure at meetings of the BC Historical Association –...

Robin Lister was a proud descendant of early settlers to Chilliwack. He donated a number of items from his Grossman ancestors to the museum...

Peter Nigel William Johnson was born in England. After immigrating to Canada in 1989, he completed a Master of Archival Studies at the University...

We note with sadness the passing of Alice Bruce, former member of the Gray Creek Historical Society and sister to Tom Lymbery. Alice passed...

J. Neil Sutherland, retired UBC History of Education professor and long-time BCHF member, passed away on July 15, 2017, in Richmond. He was 86. Neil's...

BC poet and novelist Peter Trower passed away on November 10, 2017, at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver. He was 87.  Peter attended several BCHF conferences...

It is with sadness that we note the passing of BCHF honorary lifetime member Melva Dwyer on November 13, 2017. Melva served as the BCHF Honorary President...

Sad news was received that Alice Marwood passed away last week. Alice was a founding member of the British Columbia Genealogical Society and served...

Rick Hart of Surrey passed away on Saturday July 2 at the age of 62. Recently named Citizen of the Year, Rick was President...

The Vancouver Historical Society mourns the loss of friend and colleague Jim McGraw who died May 27, 2016 after battling a prolonged illness. Jim...