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First Driver Into Shawnigan
...Bert Todd Led Tourist Parade At two minutes before six a.m., May 29, 1903, the Vancouver Island tourist industry was born. At that...
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The Last Rail of the Island Railway to be Laid To-day
Sir John and Lady Macdonald to Traverse the Line the Premier Driving the Golden Spike Daily Colonist August 10, 1886 To-day the last rail...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Apr 255 min read
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Shawnigan Women’s Institute
by Lori Treloar The Shawnigan Women’s Institute, incorporated in 1914, grew out of an active WWI Red Cross group and had 35 original...
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Apr 242 min read
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His Memories Enrich South Cowichan History
By E. Blanche Norcross The Province, B.C. Magazine April 13, 1957 The trouble with our pioneers, as many a frustrated historian has...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Apr 75 min read
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Munsie Road
Meet William McGillivray Munsie, a true Nova Scotian entrepreneur! Born in Pictou in 1849, he started his career as a pattern-maker. In...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Mar 152 min read
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Armstrong Road
by Lori Treloar On some Shawnigan Lake maps, Armstrong Road is included. It runs East – West from the lake on the north end of the West...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Feb 242 min read
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Halhed Road
by Lori Treloar You will not find Halhed Road on a current Shawnigan Lake map but it was one of the first roads named in the area. Halhed...
Lori Treloar
Feb 192 min read
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Shawnigan Lake Famous Health Resort
February 1, 1930 Victoria Daily Times Two Private Schools Draw Notice to Beautiful Area Shawnigan Lake, about twenty-eight miles from...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Feb 137 min read
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THE HEAT OF A VILLAGE OUTWARMS A HEARTLESS BLAZE
February 7, 1976 Victoria Daily Times A Column by Max Low It was quite a simple notice, really. And yet there was one word that roused a...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Jan 294 min read
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Joan Austen-Leigh
Times-Colonist June 3, 2001 By May Brown When Joan Mason Hurley set out to write her latest novel, Invitation to the Party , she had...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Jan 225 min read
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May 1888 – BC Championship Sculling at Shawnigan Lake
Victoria Daily Times May 4, 1888 SCULLING MATTERS. Paine and Ball H. J. Ball, of Vancouver, arrived on Wednesday night and...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Jan 214 min read
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When the E&N Was for People
There are people for, and people against, the idea of restoring service on the E&N Rail line. If you are in your later years, and grew up...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Jan 154 min read
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Shawnigan Schools, Hotels and Stores
SHAWNIGAN SCHOOLS 1893 – The first Shawnigan School, originally called Malahat School, was built on the site of the present day Catholic...
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Jan 33 min read
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SETTLERS CLEARING THE LAND
The first job of the settler was to clear the land so that a house could be built and crops planted. This was an arduous task in the...
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Jan 35 min read
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Industry
1889 – The Shawnigan Lake Lumber Company was founded by William Lossee. He had worked as a master mechanic for the E & N railway. As he...
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Jan 33 min read
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Making the Old Hall Hot
By Garth Harvey , longtime Shawnigan resident; Museum, Family Caregivers and community supporter and all around great guy. It was about...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Dec 13, 20244 min read
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The Way to Make Angels
ON THE TIMES - By Art Stott Victoria Daily Times February 4, 1958 Ed note: Art Stott drove the Malahat many times from Victoria to his...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Nov 23, 20243 min read
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ELECTRIC CO.'S PLANS
October 6, 1904 An Article in the Daily Colonist Read carefully - this one is a doozy! More About Scheme to Erect Big Power Works on...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Nov 17, 20242 min read
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The S.S. Shawnigan
The steam tugboat “Shawnigan” was built at the Shawnigan Lake Lumber Co. sawmill to replace the old and leaky tugboat “Lady of the Lake”....
Lori Treloar
Oct 24, 20242 min read
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Like a Footprint in the Dust - Cliffside Store
ON THE TIMES Victoria Daily Times TUESDAY, AUG. 2, 1960 Column by Art Stott The little green Cliffside store and post office is...
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Oct 3, 20243 min read
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