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1922::Buttons Mystery in Cassidy, British Columbia
Buttons go missing. Police are mystified. The case remains unsolved.

Papertown Station
Mar 21, 20212 min read


1937::63.5 lb Salmon Caught Near Victoria, British Columbia's Breakwater
A fish that shocked the world and boosted the tourism industry of Vancouver Island.

Papertown Station
Mar 16, 20211 min read


1933-1939::The City of Alanville
From a miniature city to the beautification of provincial and national capitals.

Papertown Station
Mar 10, 20217 min read


1919::War Cake Recipe
From a chef at post-war Waldorf Astoria in New York City.

Papertown Station
Mar 1, 20211 min read


1943::A Christmas Dinner On the Front Line
Amid World War II's heavy battle for Ortona, a Christmas dinner.

Papertown Station
Dec 21, 20205 min read


1946-1969::Alice the Albino Orca of Vancouver Island, British Columbia
The albino orca that kept Vancouver Islanders searching coastal waters for over 20 years.

Papertown Station
Nov 28, 20203 min read


1948-1955::The Christmas Tie Exchange Bar in Victoria, British Columbia
Helping men sort out their ugly Christmas ties for almost a decade.

Papertown Station
Nov 25, 20201 min read


1922::Dunkley's Gas-Powered Baby Pram
A popular British baby buggy finds its way to the Pacific Coast.

Papertown Station
Nov 20, 20201 min read


1889-1964::The W. A. Jameson Coffee Company
The little Vancouver Island coffee company that became a household name.

Papertown Station
Nov 17, 20207 min read


1946::Post-War Smallpox Resurgence in the Pacific Northwest
Fifteen weeks to control a deadly outbreak.

Papertown Station
Oct 29, 20204 min read


1941-1967::The Mars Planes and Vancouver Island's Pioneer Water Bomber Pilots
The planes and their pilots who forever changed how British Columbia's forest fires were fought.

Papertown Station
Aug 16, 202011 min read


1920-1923::Farson and the Cowichan Lake Floathouses
An early 20th-century writer once called a float-house on Vancouver Island home.

Papertown Station
Aug 9, 20208 min read
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