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It’s heaven for railway buffs, a nostalgic hike along the long-abandoned grade of the Shawnigan Lake Lumber Company.
Line on the Past Island Outing from the Islander September 13, 1998  By Ian Baird and Peter Smith As Victoria’s Galloping Goose has...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Sep 10, 20244 min read
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Noisy, chaotic problems arise from Shawnigan’s popularity
Around Our Shores – Susan Down Times-Colonist Friday, March 19, 1993 On this midweek morning in early spring, the problem seems...
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Sep 4, 20243 min read
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Coleman Road
by Lori Treloar Brothers William and Jasper (Jessie) Coleman came to Shawnigan Lake in 1906. Soon after their arrival, they wrote to...
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Sep 4, 20242 min read
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A Library at Shawnigan Lake
by Lori Treloar  Early records indicate that the Women’s Institute ran a library at Shawnigan Lake for a short time in 1919 but there...
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Sep 3, 20242 min read
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The Shawnigan Lake Community Centre
by Lori Treloar In the mid 1980s a report was commissioned by the CVRD to examine the Shawnigan Lake Community Hall. The report indicated...
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Sep 1, 20242 min read
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Connector: Kinsol Trestle, once rejected, now a resurrected sight to be seen
By Chadd Cawson  Bridging the gap  Without a doubt Shawnigan Lake's biggest piece of history is the Kinsol Trestle — literally — and...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Aug 28, 20249 min read
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The Shawnigan Queen
The "Shawnigan Queen" was originally a patrol boat in Victoria during the "Rum Runner" years of the 1920s and early 1930s. It was...
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Aug 20, 20242 min read
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The Early Settlers and Their Houses
(from Green Branches & Fallen Leaves) Â Not all of the early settlers came to Shawnigan district either by railroad or because of the...
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Aug 20, 20242 min read
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The Last Spike
Times-Colonist - June 17, 1958. Loose Ends-by Bruce Hutchison Last night, full of the British Columbia centennial spirit and a certain...
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Jul 31, 20244 min read
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The Koenigs (aka Kingsley)
Around 1891, George Koenig and his bride, Mary, acquired the former Morton House after owner, Charlie Morton’s death. Sadly, Mary died...
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Jul 31, 20242 min read
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Herman Johansen, Logger
Born: 7 Jan. 1893, Oslo, Norway Died: 3 Dec. 1970, Acacia Lodge, Shawnigan Lake, B.C. Herman Johansen’s life was typical of the many...
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Jul 31, 20242 min read
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The Dougans of Cowichan
January 9, 1983 Article from the Islander supplement to the Daily Colonist By Elizabeth Gordon From the time James Dougan set foot on the...
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Jul 31, 20248 min read
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The First Public School in Shawnigan
With files from Brownie Gibson The first school at Shawnigan, Malahat School was a one room building built in 1893. The first teacher,...
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Jul 16, 20242 min read
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Life at Strathcona Girls' School in the 30s
comments by Betty Orr Miss Gildea believed that the students were lucky to have the privilege and it was up to them to go out and help...
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Jul 2, 20245 min read
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Ski Contest Warmup Knockout Affair
July 27, 1963. Times Colonist By Iain Hunter All this week members of Victoria Aqua Ski Club are literally knocking themselves out on the...
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Jun 18, 20242 min read
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The Unnecessary Alarm of Local Sportsmen
May 15, 1908 Daily Colonist The sportsmen of Shawnigan Lake were startled, not to say horrified, last week to see a gentleman whom they...
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Jun 14, 20242 min read
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Frank Bell
by Brownie Gibson In the early thirties there came to Shawnigan a man whom everyone who was here at that time will remember. A...
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Jun 14, 20242 min read
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Creating Relationships
A Daughter's Story of the E & N Dayliner from the 1980s Diana Manson A man of wisdom once said that wise parents create wonderful, loving...
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May 31, 20244 min read
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A History of Leechtown Like No Other
From the Times-Colonist November 23, 2014 The VIEE and the Discovery of Gold on the Sooke and Leech Rivers By Bart van den Berk...
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May 30, 20242 min read
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Shawnigan Lake Flower Show
By Lori Treloar The earliest notation regarding a Flower Show at Shawnigan Lake is made in conjunction with the 1915 Annual Regatta....
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May 27, 20242 min read
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