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1914::Canada's Youngest Soldier From Nanaimo, British Columbia
Canada's youngest soldier became Canada's youngest veteran.
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Nov 11, 20212 min read
1926::Crash on 4-Mile Hill
🚗The end of prohibition and the beginning of Government controlled alcohol.
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Nov 3, 20212 min read
1899-1923::City Skyline: Vancouver, British Columbia
Two photos, a quarter of a century apart and decades after the Great Fire.
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Oct 29, 20211 min read
1913-1958::The Haunted House of Harling Point, Victoria, British Columbia
At the southernmost tip of Vancouver Island stood a very large house. Many considered it to be haunted.
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Oct 22, 20216 min read
1901::The Union Mine Explosions and the Mountain Slide in Loughborough Inlet, British Columbia
Three explosions. Hours apart.
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Oct 19, 20212 min read
1921::Salmon vs. Eagle
A bird, a fish and a fisherman.
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Jun 26, 20211 min read
1901::The Lumber Flumes of British Columbia
Logging the ancient forests of early British Columbia.
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Jun 4, 20212 min read
1910-1912::The 5 Sisters Block Fire and the Fort Victoria Bastion
A destructive fire and a bastion that hid the ruins.
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May 4, 20212 min read
1903-1907::The Shawnigan Lake Suburban Train
For only a few years, a special train carried passengers to Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia.
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Apr 24, 20213 min read
1940::Sunday Morning, A Victoria, British Columbia Moment
Back to a time when the same intersection looked very different.
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Apr 17, 20211 min read
1924::From Washington to Alaska on a 16-Foot Open Boat... With a Goat
Washington State family man takes family and family pets on a summer cruise to Alaska.
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Apr 6, 20212 min read
1934::Canada's First Nudist Colony In Sooke, British Columbia
Somewhere in a small wood on Vancouver Island...
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Apr 1, 20213 min read
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