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Frontpage Exhibition

Intrepid Sisters on the Move

By cshriver on July 9, 2025

Guest blogger and E-Records Manager Barbara Towell retraces the route taken by sisters Clara and Kitty Wilson on their annual bicycle trip on Vancouver Island.

Posted in Collections, Exhibitions, Frontpage Exhibition, Research and learning | Read More | No Comments

It’s the Cream of the Crop!

By Jacky Lai on June 9, 2025

Co-op student Gabriella Cigarroa shares some highlights from the newly processed B.C. Dairy Historical Society collection.

Posted in Announcements, Collections, Exhibitions, Frontpage Exhibition, Newest-Collection, Research and learning | Read More | No Comments

Quon On: A Legacy of Travel, Trade, and Community in Chinese Canada

By Andrew R. Sandfort-Marchese on April 26, 2025

Quon On, a family of Chinese Canadian travel companies, left a huge impact on the community…

Posted in Blue Funnel Line, Chinese American History, Chinese Canadian History, Chung, chung collection, Chung Lind Gallery, Collections, Exhibitions, Frontpage Exhibition, History, Immigration and Settlement, Research and learning, vancouver, Victoria, Yip Family | Read More | No Comments

Canada’s Silk Trains

By cshriver on April 9, 2025

Visit a student-curated display on the fast-paced silk train era!

Posted in Collections, Exhibitions, Frontpage Exhibition, Research and learning | Read More | No Comments

Leon J. Eekman Materials

By Andrew R. Sandfort-Marchese on April 1, 2025

Learn about Leon J. Eekman, a notable Belgian-Canadian in Victoria BC.

Posted in BC history, Belgian-Canadians, Chung, chung collection, Chung Lind Gallery, Collections, Exhibitions, Frontpage Exhibition, Highlights, Immigration and Settlement, Research and learning, Universal Expositions, Veterans, Victoria, World War One | Read More | No Comments