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IMPROVEMENT OF SHAWNIGAN.Deepening of the Outlet Would Reclaim Much Valuable Land.
July 4, 1905 Daily Colonist The growing popularity of Shawnigan Lake these last few years has brought home to those interested in the...
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Aug 15, 20252 min read
The Cherished old Hall (Shawnigan Lake Community Hall)
by Kate Roberts The first time upon entering the marvellous old hall in 1970 I never imagined that years later I would be required to...
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Aug 12, 20252 min read
REGATTA AT SHAWNIGAN LAKE
Victoria Daily Times August 23, 1923 Vancouver Island Full Programme of Water and Field Events Special to The Times Shawnigan Lake,...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Aug 2, 20253 min read
THE STORY OF SHAWNIGAN LAKE UNITED CHURCH
Story by Anna Kennedy - January 23, 2000 We are here today to celebrate the life of our much-loved church. We came to honor the many folk...
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Jul 18, 20256 min read
Boy and Boat
by Bruce Hutchison From the Vancouver Sun, 28 July 1978 The boat was new, homemade, flat-bottomed and painted in a hideous pattern of...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Jun 23, 20253 min read
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...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Jun 21, 20255 min read
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...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Jun 16, 20253 min read
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 11, 20254 min read
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 3, 20252 min read
Gibson Place
by Lori Treloar Gibson Road, in the village, is another disproportionately short road when you consider the longevity of the family at...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Jun 3, 20252 min read
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 2, 20252 min read
Elsie Miles Park
The Elsie Miles School grounds, with its longstanding tradition of serving as the Village playing fields, have been an integral, public...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
May 28, 20252 min read
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 27, 20254 min read
By Shawnigan Lake’s Shores—The Jewel’s Setting
By Robert Connell Victoria Daily Times August 15, 1931 Note: Although rather lengthy (reading time ~16-17 minutes), this article by the...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
May 26, 202512 min read
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...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
May 19, 20254 min read
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...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
May 17, 20257 min read
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 6, 20253 min read
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 25, 20255 min read
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 24, 20252 min read
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...
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Apr 7, 20255 min read
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