Honouring the Past.
Celebrating the Present.
Building the Future.

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Ground Breaking Ceremony Success

Nearly 100 residents and community officials joined us for a ground breaking ceremony in June to celebrate the beginning of construction...

Updated Hours During Construction

Due to our construction schedule, the Shawnigan Lake Museum will be CLOSED to the public, effective August 8th, and until further notice....

Raffle Generates $2000 for Museum Expansion

Len Wansbrough, from Shawnigan Lake, was the lucky winner of the Museum’s online raffle! His ticket was worth $621.Len generously donated...

What Visitors Say About Us

We had a great visit today! Lots of interactive displays for our 3 and 5 year olds and we enjoyed learning the history of our amazing community!

Abandoned, Then Embraced - The Kinsol Trestle

This project, co-authored by Lori Treloar, Shawnigan Lake Museum Executive Director & Kathryn Gagnon, Cowichan Valley Museum Curator,...

The Last Spike: Sir John A Macdonald Visits Shawnigan Lake

BC threatened to secede from Canada unless a railway was built on Vancouver Island. In 1883, the British Columbia Government appealed to...

E.J. Hughes: The World Famous Painter from Shawnigan Lake

E.J. Hughes was born February 17, 1913 in North Vancouver but spent the first nine years of his childhood in Nanaimo. For over 70 years...