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1955::Waiting For a Ferry on Easter Long Weekend
Reservations were highly recommended for long weekend ferry travel to the mainland.
Papertown Station
Apr 7, 20222 min read
1929::Five Cougars and a Deer ... a Sooke, British Columbia Hunting Expedition
Three men set a new hunting record in Sooke, British Columbia in the 1920s.
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Feb 24, 20221 min read
1931::The Large Timber Wolves of Early British Columbia
Large timber wolves were a challenge for early settlers of Vancouver Island.
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Feb 16, 20221 min read
1912::The Olmsted Design of the 'Uplands' of Vancouver Island
1912::Pioneer of Landscape Architecture designs Uplands in Oak Bay.
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Feb 14, 20222 min read
1942::The QE: The Largest Ship in the World Sails to Victoria, BC During WW2
🌺WW2::The world's largest Ocean Liner, found her way to Esquimalt's drydock in Esquimalt, British Columbia.
Papertown Station
Dec 18, 20215 min read
1910::The Cosmopolitan City of Victoria, British Columbia
A coffee shop moment in the young capital city of British Columbia.
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Nov 18, 20211 min read
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 4, 20212 min read
1872::A Wool Gathering
A sheep drive on Government Street, Victoria, BC.
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Oct 30, 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 23, 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 20, 20212 min read
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