Chris Behnsen - Cougar Hunter/Naturalist
Shawnigan Lake Museum Christopher George Behnsen, famed sportsman and cougar hunter, lived most of his life at Shawnigan Lake, on...
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Shawnigan Lake Museum
Feb 222 min
New Hotels in Shawnigan?
1886 - Victoria Daily Times As a pleasure resort Shawnigan Lake affords many charms, not only for its picturesque scenery, but for...
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Shawnigan Lake Museum
Feb 221 min
Ray Dougan - Mr. Shawnigan
Ray Dougan was an energetic, industrious man, who like his grandparents before him, made a name for himself in his community. In 1929,...
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Shawnigan Lake Museum
Feb 183 min
THE MYSTERIOUS ORIGIN OF THE NAME SHAWNIGAN
by Daniel Marshall Some years ago, an out-of-town friend was surprised to see that there existed a "Shawnigan Lake." “What a...
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Shawnigan Lake Museum
Feb 81 min
Frances Kelsey's Early Education
from an article by Elizabeth Forbes – Times Colonist, October 16, 1962 Formal schooling for the young Frances started when Col. Oldham...
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Shawnigan Lake Museum
Jan 264 min
Sir John A.'s Last Spike
Last night, full of the British Columbia centennial spirit and a certain melancholy, I pushed my way along an overgrown forest trail, up...
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Shawnigan Lake Museum
Jan 232 min
Early History of Churches in Shawnigan
(from Green Branches ad Fallen Leaves by Brownie Gibson) Records are somewhat hazy concerning early church services at Shawnigan Catholic...
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Lori Treloar
Jan 212 min
282 Miles by Automobile in 3 Days
Victoria Daily Times (1907) Victoria, British Columbia On the long weekend of July 1907, 40 people in 14 cars left Victoria for Port...
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Judith Belton
Jan 122 min
Tree Toppers Reduce Danger of Falling Timber for Residents
The Citizen – January 8, 1989 By Judith Belton If you’ve ever lain awake on a stormy winter night and wondered whether the next blow...
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Emery Sanderson
Jan 83 min
The Auld Kirk Gallery
By Emery Sanderson In 1913 “All Saint’s Anglican Church” was built overlooking the junction of Shawnigan Lake and Renfrew Roads. For 25...
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Shawnigan Focus
Jan 42 min
The Shawnigan Cemetery
(from the Shawnigan Focus , October 2021) Excerpt from the Community Crier, September 1981 On January 12, 1948, representatives from the...
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Brownie Gibson
Jan 33 min
The Summer Colony
(from Green Branches & Fallen Leaves) An integral and important part of the history of Shawnigan Lake, and one that is important to its...
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Lori Treloar
Jan 32 min
The Shawnigan Beach Hotel
Around the turn of the 20th century, there was an influx of retired British Army Colonels at Shawnigan Lake. These twenty (or so) men had...
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Lori Treloar
Dec 22, 20232 min
Christmas at Shawnigan Lake
Christmas has always been a special occasion for the residents of Shawnigan Lake. In 1900, the Koenig Hotel on the village waterfront...
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Brownie Gibson
Dec 17, 20232 min
Logging Operations – Looking Back
by Brownie Gibson, from Green Branches and Fallen Leaves The most colourful facet of the whole timber industry at Shawnigan involved the...
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Shawnigan Lake Museum
Dec 10, 20234 min
Bruce Hutchison
BRUCE HUTCHISON (who died on September 14, 1992, aged 91) enjoyed such eminence as a journalist that he conducted editorial policy for...
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Ceres
Dec 3, 20232 min
Shawnigan Farmer Proves Hay Tripod Method
(from Victoria Daily Times, July 5, 1941) by Ceres Hay curing by the wooden tripod method is becoming more popular with British Columbia...
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Lori Treloar
Dec 1, 20231 min
Press Release
Media contact: Lori Treloar, Executive Director Shawnigan Lake Museum museum@shawniganlakemuseum.com 250-743-8675 For immediate release:...
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Shawnigan Lake Museum
Dec 1, 20231 min
Dundas Road
Major Thomas George Dundas was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on May 14, 1853. He and his wife (Mary) and three children emigrated to Canada...
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Robert Lawson
Nov 23, 20232 min
The Boat at Flemming Cabin c1920
This lovely photo evokes a lost age of peace and serenity on the waterfront. The two boats in the waterfront are 12 foot and 14 foot...
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