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The Koenigs (aka Kingsley)
Around 1891, George Koenig and his bride, Mary, acquired the former Morton House after owner, Charlie Morton’s death. Sadly, Mary died...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Jul 31, 20242 min read
Herman Johansen, Logger
Born: 7 Jan. 1893, Oslo, Norway Died: 3 Dec. 1970, Acacia Lodge, Shawnigan Lake, B.C. Herman Johansen’s life was typical of the many...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Jul 31, 20242 min read
The Dougans of Cowichan
January 9, 1983 Article from the Islander supplement to the Daily Colonist By Elizabeth Gordon From the time James Dougan set foot on the...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Jul 31, 20248 min read
The First Public School in Shawnigan
With files from Brownie Gibson The first school at Shawnigan, Malahat School was a one room building built in 1893. The first teacher,...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Jul 16, 20242 min read
Life at Strathcona Girls' School in the 30s
comments by Betty Orr Miss Gildea believed that the students were lucky to have the privilege and it was up to them to go out and help...
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Jul 2, 20245 min read
Ski Contest Warmup Knockout Affair
July 27, 1963. Times Colonist By Iain Hunter All this week members of Victoria Aqua Ski Club are literally knocking themselves out on the...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Jun 18, 20242 min read
The Unnecessary Alarm of Local Sportsmen
May 15, 1908 Daily Colonist The sportsmen of Shawnigan Lake were startled, not to say horrified, last week to see a gentleman whom they...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Jun 14, 20242 min read
Frank Bell
by Brownie Gibson In the early thirties there came to Shawnigan a man whom everyone who was here at that time will remember. A...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Jun 14, 20242 min read
Creating Relationships
A Daughter's Story of the E & N Dayliner from the 1980s Diana Manson A man of wisdom once said that wise parents create wonderful, loving...
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May 31, 20244 min read
A History of Leechtown Like No Other
From the Times-Colonist November 23, 2014 The VIEE and the Discovery of Gold on the Sooke and Leech Rivers By Bart van den Berk...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
May 30, 20242 min read
Shawnigan Lake Flower Show
By Lori Treloar The earliest notation regarding a Flower Show at Shawnigan Lake is made in conjunction with the 1915 Annual Regatta....
Shawnigan Lake Museum
May 27, 20242 min read
Chief Justice Hunter
By Lori Treloar Gordon Hunter, born in 1863, practiced law in Victoria and eventually became the Chief Justice of British Columbia. Near...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
May 24, 20243 min read
S.L.A.A. Hall—Past to Present
By Brownie Gibson (1966) Towards the end of the first decade of the 19th century, the budding community began to feel the need of a place...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
May 16, 20246 min read
Pretty Resort Up E&N Line Being Rapidly Built Up
July 24, 1906 Daily Colonist SHAWNIGAN LAKE With the exception of some three waterfront lots, all the surveyed two and a half acres...
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May 10, 20242 min read
The West Side School
Miss Elsie Miles arrived in Shawnigan Lake in 1933 to be the governess for Dr. Boyd’s three daughters. Elsie Miles states: It is hard to...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
May 6, 20242 min read
A Special Place
by Lori Treloar For most people, Shawnigan Lake inspires an intense lifelong relationship. I have yet to meet a resident, or a visitor,...
Lori Treloar
May 5, 20242 min read
William H. Stokes(1881-1938)
Born in Simla, India. His father, Whitley Stokes, had emigrated from Belfast to India, and rose to prominence as a government financier....
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Apr 26, 20241 min read
The Forest Inn
In 1926, the late Mr. Frederick C. Mason-Hurley came to Shawnigan Lake with his family, on his retirement from forty years with the...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Apr 20, 20242 min read
How One Man Rescued Old Two Spot
By Donna Clements Victoria Daily Times December 2, 1970 DUNCAN — They all told Granger Taylor he was crazy to try and restore the 1910...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Apr 17, 20243 min read
Over the Hill to Shawnigan and the Days of Long Ago
By Gus Sivertz Times-Colonist - September 13, 1959 There just didn’t seem to be any position that could possibly be as enviable and...
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Apr 7, 20244 min read
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