Texada Island

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41Blubber Bay /  British Columbia / Western Canada / Texada Island / British Columbia / Provinces and territories of Canada

MUSEUM MUSINGS FOR AUGUST 2010 Summer is finally with us here on Texada Island and up and down the Sunshine Coast. One can always tell because suddenly it is Sandcastle Weekend and the island sinks a bit under the load o

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Language: English - Date: 2014-06-01 12:32:47
42Chemistry / Engineering / Texada Island / Kilns / Chemical engineering / Lime kiln

THE LIME KILNS OF TEXADA The oldest structures on Texada, aside from the first nations fish weirs, are three lime kilns. In 1878 J.J. Palmer, together with a second investor, came to Texada with the intension of supplyi

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Language: English - Date: 2014-06-01 12:33:38
43Provinces and territories of Canada / Texada/Gillies Bay Airport / Western Canada / Texada Island / Anda / British Columbia

TODAY IS TOMORROW’S HISTORY History could be viewed as only in the past but on occasion one is faced with the sudden realization that history is happening every day as we live our lives. Re-discovering the first editi

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Language: English - Date: 2014-06-01 12:37:16
44Provinces and territories of Canada / Malaspina Strait / Geography of Canada / Texada Island / British Columbia / Sunshine Coast

Museum Musings – March 2012 THE MARBLE BAY HOTEL HOTEL OF LEDGENDED The Marble Bay Hotel is gone. Nothing of the building is left, but in its day it was a hub and it remains in the minds and memory of many who live on

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Language: English - Date: 2014-06-01 12:34:31
45Anda / Provinces and territories of Canada / Geography of Canada / Texada Island / British Columbia / Blubber Bay /  British Columbia

MUSEUM MUSINGS FOR AUGUST 08 The main topic this month has to be the opening of the new museum in Van Anda on Saturday 12 July in conjunction with the celebration of BC’s 150th birthday. Beginning with a parade of cost

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Language: English - Date: 2014-06-01 12:31:41
46Texada Island / Cottage

MUSEUM MUSINGS FOR JUNE[removed]Texada heritage keeners gather every Wednesday morning in the Van Anda museum for coffee and conversation. Discussion can become hot and heavy as we examine events of the past. The latest co

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Language: English - Date: 2014-06-01 12:32:37
47Blubber Bay /  British Columbia / British Columbia / Texada Island / Provinces and territories of Canada

Museum Musings for July 2007 Summer is upon us at long last and as you read this the Museum will have opened for the summer. We have changed the hours to[removed]AM to 3 PM Thursday through Sunday. Our special Blubber Bay

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Language: English - Date: 2014-06-01 12:31:08
48Blubber Bay /  British Columbia / Western Canada / British Columbia / Texada Island / Provinces and territories of Canada

HISTORY OF TEXADA’S MEDICAL SERVICES Texada’s hospital had flashy beginnings. The “Opera House” was built by volunteers in Van Anda on the site of the current school and proved to be a popular venue for dances, s

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Language: English - Date: 2014-06-01 12:36:18
49Blubber Bay /  British Columbia / Western Canada / Gillies / Texada/Gillies Bay Airport / Texada Island / British Columbia / Provinces and territories of Canada

Museum Musings for May 2011 GILLIES BAY The New Town on Texada While the community of Van Anda (originally Van Anda and Texada City) have been in existence for more than one hundred and ten years and Blubber Bay has been

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Language: English - Date: 2014-06-01 12:33:35
50Texada Island

HARRY WHITNEY TREAT Entrepreneur Extraordinaire Harry Whitney Treat was a young man described in the newspapers of the day as a “New York Financier.” As the old saying goes, “chance favours the prepared” and Harr

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Language: English - Date: 2014-06-01 12:34:47
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