Category: Exhibits
Summer Programs!
Summer 2020 Digital Programming! This summer the Museum Programs are going Digital! Each week this summer will have themed digital programming that’s fun for …
Sybil Andrews
The 3-Part Series on Sybil Andrews is an examination of her career as she develops her art in England, beginning in the 1920’s and ending …
Logging History of Campbell River Area
Museum at Campbell River Education Programer Wayne Demerse presents a brief history of logging on North Vancouver Island. Here is a Forestry on Northern Vancouver …
Cover Stories: Photography by the Baldwins
This photographic exhibit looks at what was happening in Campbell River from the period 1949-1963 through the lens of the local newspaper and the photography …
Commercial Salmon Fishing
Fishing has provided sustenance to the peoples of coastal British Columbia throughout the ages. With the arrival of Europeans in the 19th century the harvesting …
Sportsfishing
Adjacent to the Willows Hotel, a dockside area reflects the sportsfishing activity which made Campbell River famous, including specially made rowboats for Tyee fishing, boatbuilding …
Coastal Lifestyle: The Floathouse
The floathouse represents a lifestyle that evolved on the British Columbia coast a hundred years ago. It was an answer to economic necessity and the …
The Willows Hotel
A Campbell River landmark during the town’s early years, the Willows Hotel served both an international sportsfishing clientele and the rough and ready loggers from …
Log Cabin
Built of Douglas Fir logs, the Museum’s log cabin is modelled after one built in the late 19th century near Bates Beach (south of Campbell …
Logging in the Jungles
Since the 1880s, logging has played an important role in the development of this region. The area north of Powell River, stretching up to Drury …