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Boy and Boat
by Bruce Hutchison From the Vancouver Sun, 28 July 1978 Â Â The boat was new, homemade, flat-bottomed and painted in a hideous pattern of...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Jun 233 min read
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A Little Visit To Shawnigan Lake
A Hospitable Welcome; The Shores and An Islet; Island Charms; A Garden Orchard  Victoria Daily Times July 4, 1925.  BY ROBERT GONNELL...
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Jun 215 min read
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Sylvan United Church Is On The Move
Cowichan Valley Citizen January 30, 2000 For more than 40 years, Shawnigan Lake United Church has been a focus for Shawnigan Lake...
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Jun 163 min read
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Mill Got Lakeshore Buzzing
Times-Colonist-Islander January 24, 1993 By Ian Baird Shawnigan's Shay: steam locomotives were key part of lumber operation. Today, all...
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Jun 114 min read
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South of the Village
by Lori Treloar Early settlement at Shawnigan Lake was not limited to the village area. A 1912 subdivision map indicates that most of the...
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Jun 32 min read
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Gibson Place
by Lori Treloar Gibson Road, in the village, is another disproportionately short road when you consider the longevity of the family at...
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Jun 32 min read
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The Village c 1960
By Mary Hopson The center of Shawnigan village is at the intersection of Mill Bay Road and Old Victoria Road. Most of the local "stores"...
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Jun 22 min read
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Elsie Miles Park
The Elsie Miles School grounds, with its longstanding tradition of serving as the Village playing fields, have been an integral, public...
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May 282 min read
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ELSIE MILES - the School and the Person
by Lori Treloar  Like many small schools around the province, Elsie Miles Elementary School, in the Shawnigan Lake Village, closes...
Lori Treloar
May 274 min read
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By Shawnigan Lake’s Shores—The Jewel’s Setting
By Robert Connell Victoria Daily Times August 15, 1931 Note:Â Although rather lengthy (reading time ~16-17 minutes), this article by the...
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May 2612 min read
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Pair of Hearts
Caring couple to check out of Shawnigan Lake centre January 27, 2000 Times-Colonist By Bill Cleverley Times Colonist staff If a...
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May 194 min read
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1846: A NIGHT IN VANCOUVER ISLAND WOODS.
A story from the earliest days of Fort Victoria on Vancouver Island. from The East Kent Gazette(1861). Sittingbourne, England (published...
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May 177 min read
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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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May 63 min read
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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 Â Â Â The trouble with our pioneers, as many a frustrated historian has...
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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...
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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...
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Feb 137 min read
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