1959::The Second Royal Visit to Vancouver Island, British Columbia
The royal couple on their second visit to Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
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- Sep 9, 2022
- 5 min
1951::Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip Visit Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Before the Princess became Queen, the young royal couple made their first visit to the West Coast.
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Papertown Station
- Jul 5, 2022
- 2 min
1921::Hard-Surfacing the Island Highway
Making the famous Malahat Highway more accessible on Vancouver Island.
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Papertown Station
- May 20, 2022
- 1 min
1890::Esquimalt & Nanaimo Rail Schedule
A little pocketbook that once lived in many Vancouver Islander pockets.
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Papertown Station
- May 20, 2022
- 2 min
1888::The First Trains of Vancouver Island
The first Vancouver Island trains that rolled into Nanaimo and Victoria, British Columbia.
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Papertown Station
- May 20, 2022
- 2 min
1886::Canada's True Last Spike
The driving of the true last spike of Canada's coast to coast railway link.
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Papertown Station
- Apr 16, 2022
- 3 min
1923::The Motor Princess
British Columbia's first automobile ferry.
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Papertown Station
- Apr 10, 2022
- 1 min
1955::New Press Machine Rolls for First Time in Nanaimo, British Columbia
One of BC's oldest newspapers gets a new press machine.
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Papertown Station
- Apr 7, 2022
- 2 min
1955::Waiting For a Ferry on Easter Long Weekend
Reservations were highly recommended for long weekend ferry travel to the mainland.
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Papertown Station
- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
1914::Canada's Youngest Soldier From Nanaimo, British Columbia
🌺WW1::Canada's Youngest Soldier Was Also the Shortest
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Papertown Station
- Oct 15, 2021
- 2 min
1955::Princess of Vancouver
The Canadian Pacific Railway's new ferry Princess Vancouver between Vancouver and Nanaimo, BC.
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Papertown Station
- Mar 20, 2021
- 2 min
1922::Buttons Mystery in Cassidy, British Columbia
Buttons go missing. Police are mystified. The case remains unsolved.
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