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The Heritage Pavilion
The Pavilion It has been called many names over the years. Longhouse, Heritage Pavilion, Foreshore Pavilion, Big House Pavilion, the list goes on. It is ...
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Executive Director
We are Hiring A Unique Cultural Sector Leadership Opportunity on Beautiful Vancouver Island The Campbell River Museum & Archives Society Board is seeking a dynamic ...
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Building More than a Mill: The Japanese Canadian Community of Englewood
By Sarah Rempel, Lead Researcher. Japanese Canadian Legacies Project In 1927, The Province praised Englewood as “the last word in modern mill construction.” Four years ...
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Threads of Care
Threads of Care: How Quilting Connects a Community in Campbell River “May this quilt keep you safe from harmMay it be your good luck charmI ...
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Turning the garden: Clam Gardens as Ancient Mariculture
Exploring the enduring role of loxiwe in Indigenous coastal food systems Written by the Museum at Campbell River. This article first appeared in the LOOKING ...
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Looking Back: What ancient times bring
The Museum’s Curator, Amy Vandal, examines some of the amazing rock and fossil specimens on loan from the Ripple Rock Gem and Mineral Club and ...
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Extraordinary Quilts that Bridged Nations in World War II
If objects could talk, this quilt would have an extraordinary tale, traveling thousands of kilometers to bring warmth to families in need. Our part of ...
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How Does Your Garden Grow
The earliest written accounts of life on the coast, from the late 1700s, often refer to this area as being an “untamed wilderness.” The coast ...
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1916 Empire Steam Donkey at the Museum
It’s an interesting story of how the Empire Steam Donkey came to the Museum. Manufactured in Vancouver in 1916, it was originally owned by P.B. ...
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April 5, 1958 – Ripple Rock Explosion
"Old Rip" had menaced shipping for centuries claiming hundreds of lives...on April 5, 1958, the world's largest non-nuclear peacetime explosion pulled Ripple Rock's teeth forever.
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