- 2026-10-08The Legislative Buildings for the Colony of Vancouver Island were built on these grounds in 1859. Nicknamed 'The Birdcages' because…
- 2026-10-08From 1889, sternwheelers and smaller craft fought their way through the coast Mountains, churning past such awesome places as 'The…
- 2026-10-08An 'instant' town of the past. In 1898 James Dunsmuir, the coal baron, moved buildings by rail from Wellington to…
- 2026-10-08Sproat Lake is named for Gilbert Malcolm Sproat, scholar, author, anthropologist, businessman, and avid British Columbian from his arrival in…
- 2026-10-08Irish-born Victoria lawyer John Foster McCreight was selected by Lieutenant-Governor Trutch to be British Columbia's first premier. Entering the Executive…
- 2026-10-08Arriving in British Columbia from the United States in 1859, Scottish-born Capt. William Irving pioneered the riverboat trade of the…
- 2026-10-08The 1890's held high hopes for the lode gold of mines such as Stemwinder, Morning Star and Rattler. By 1902,…
- 2026-10-08From the heart of this mountain, men took over $45,000,000 in gold. It started in 1904 when Hedley boomed with…
- 2026-10-08Irrigation has been the key to development of the Okanagan. So often taken for granted elsewhere, water has magically unlocked…
- 2026-10-08To the nomadic Salish Indians, Pen-Tak-Tin was a 'a place to stay forever.' Tom Ellis in 1866, gazing upon this…