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Dinosaurs of BC Traveling Exhibit in Campbell River

Dinosaurs of BC

Opens February 8. Dinosaurs of BC, a travelling exhibit produced by the Royal BC Museum, runs February 8 to June 2 at the Museum at ...
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Conducting respectful research

Living Legacy Project Workshop: Conducting respectful research

Register for Workshop – $55 Celia Haig-Brown, Professor Emerita and Senior Scholar at York University in Toronto, will lead this workshop for those interested in ...
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Fish On: 100 Years of the Tyee Club

Fish On! 100 Years of the Tyee Club

For 100 years, anglers have been gathering from July to September off the shores of Campbell River in the hopes of catching a Tyee, a ...
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Blind Chanel Historical Boat Tour

History on the Water Boat Tours

With summer just around the corner, the Museum at Campbell River and Campbell River Whale Watching and Adventure Tours are partnering to offer boat tours ...
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Collections Manager Megan Purcell holds the donation of a war time quilt that was made by Canadian women and sent to England.

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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The Bee Hive Café – Serving Ice Cream and Scuttlebutt for over 70 years

“If you wanted to get the latest scuttlebutt, then you went over to the Bee Hive about coffee time” explained Mr. Waldref, who had a ...
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Re-Naming British Columbia

In continuing our series exploring local place names, we wanted to take a closer look at the history of the name “British Columbia” in time ...
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