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1886 - Victoria Daily Times As a pleasure resort Shawnigan Lake affords many charms, not only for its picturesque scenery, but for...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Feb 22, 20242 min read
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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,...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Feb 22, 20241 min read
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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...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Feb 18, 20243 min read
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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...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Feb 8, 20241 min read
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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...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Jan 26, 20244 min read
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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...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Jan 23, 20242 min read
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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...
Lori Treloar
Jan 21, 20242 min read
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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...
Judith Belton
Jan 12, 20242 min read
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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...
Emery Sanderson
Jan 8, 20243 min read
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The Shawnigan Cemetery
(from the Shawnigan Focus , October 2021) Excerpt from the Community Crier, September 1981 On January 12, 1948, representatives from the...
Shawnigan Focus
Jan 4, 20242 min read
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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...
Brownie Gibson
Jan 3, 20243 min read
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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...
Lori Treloar
Jan 3, 20242 min read
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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...
Lori Treloar
Dec 22, 20232 min read
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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...
Brownie Gibson
Dec 17, 20232 min read
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Bruce Hutchison
BRUCE HUTCHISON (who died on September 14, 1992, aged 91) enjoyed such eminence as a journalist that he conducted editorial policy for...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Dec 10, 20234 min read
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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...
Ceres
Dec 3, 20232 min read
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Press Release
Media contact: Lori Treloar, Executive Director Shawnigan Lake Museum museum@shawniganlakemuseum.com 250-743-8675 For immediate release:...
Lori Treloar
Dec 1, 20231 min read
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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...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Dec 1, 20231 min read
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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...
Robert Lawson
Nov 23, 20232 min read
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The Shawnigan Lake Volunteer Fire Department – The Early Days
Although the tales of the old days are colourful, probably no one would like to accept all the primitive facilities that they took for...
Brownie Gibson
Nov 17, 20232 min read
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