Category: Permanent Exhibits
Commercial Salmon Fishing
November 28, 2019
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 ...
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Sportsfishing
November 28, 2019
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 ...
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Coastal Lifestyle: The Floathouse
November 28, 2019
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 ...
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The Willows Hotel
November 28, 2019
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 ...
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Log Cabin
November 28, 2019
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 ...
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Logging in the Jungles
November 28, 2019
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 ...
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Transitions Gallery
November 28, 2019
The Transitions Gallery explores some of the difficult parts of our past – a past that includes devastating population loss, Indian Residential Schools and the ...
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First Nations
November 28, 2019
The Museum sits on the traditional territories of the Laichwiltach First Nation. Within the collection area represented by the Museum are over 30 First Nations, ...
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