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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...

Although the tales of the old days are colourful, probably no one would like to accept all the primitive facilities that they took for...

From the Cowichan Leader, Duncan, December 1, 1955. p. 4. By N.P. Dougan From Shawnigan Lake Village via Renfrew Road, it is eight miles...

1950 article from unknown local newspaper) The Shawnigan Lake district of southern Vancouver Island is famous for its beauty and Bobby Ross, the local Provincial constable. Cottagers have been spending lazy months at Shawnigan ever since the advent of the automobile, and they go back year after year to enjoy the calm tranquility of one of nature's grand spots. When the Provincial Police detachment was opened some years ago, the powers that be made a singularly lucky choice i

by Lori Treloar Prior to the Malahat highway there were two land routes to the Cowichan Valley. The first, known as the Goldstream Trail,...

by Lori Treloar Early records indicate that the Women’s Institute ran a library at Shawnigan Lake for a short time in 1919 but there is...

The non-mill residents worked as diligently as their mill partners to provide the organization necessary for a strong community. Almost...

by Lori Treloar Many of the people who came to British Columbia, late in the 19th century, did so because they thought that they could...

“My father, Richard Beauchamp Halhed, had lived for some years in New Zealand, where my two brothers and I were born. He then returned...

by Lori Treloar Have you ever wondered about the street names in our community? Losee Road is a short road that runs south off Baldy...

(As told by George V Copley) December 31, 1968) A short recital (to about the year 1900) of some of the early pioneers of Mill Bay,...

By Daniel Marshall Some years ago, an out-of-town friend was surprised see that there existed a "Shawnigan Lake." 'What coincidence,"...

The Shawnigan Lake Historical Society moved into the redundant Shawnigan Fire Hall, in 1983, and set up the permanent home for the...

Kendalle Freeman, Summer Student – Shawnigan Lake Museum The Shawnigan Lake Lumber Company began a simple start in the late 1880’s.This...

Melba Toast have in common? Both were named after world renowned Australian singer Nellie Melba. And, you ask, what could that possibly...

For a number of years, in the 1930's, the former Strathcona Hotel in Shawnigan Lake was the venue for Le Camp Français. The 1939...

Early in the 20th century, the E&N Railway saw the benefits of establishing a commuter train to Shawnigan Lake and, in 1903, launched a...

This project, co-authored by Lori Treloar, Shawnigan Lake Museum Executive Director & Kathryn Gagnon, Cowichan Valley Museum Curator,...

BC threatened to secede from Canada unless a railway was built on Vancouver Island. In 1883, the British Columbia Government appealed to...

E.J. Hughes was born February 17, 1913 in North Vancouver but spent the first nine years of his childhood in Nanaimo. For over 70 years he painted the landscapes of Coastal British Columbia. He died in January 2007 at the age of 93. As a talented young man he was the first recipient of the Emily Carr Scholarship which allowed him to study in Vancouver under the stewardship of at least one of the Group of Seven artists, Frederick Varley. Over the years he accumulated other p