Archive - Vancouver Island History

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When you look back through its history, Vancouver Island is a dangerous place to live.

Jul 5, 2022

Author Shanon Sinn discusses the history of Halloween on the Island, what lessons ghost stories can teach us, and old-timey sensationalist writers.

Oct 29, 2022

Three Island-born female punk rockers who blazed their own trail

Sep 15, 2022

From discovering aquifers to chronicling the past, these outsiders redefined the Island in their own, unique ways.

Aug 19, 2022

To appreciate Wilson Duff’s biography, you need not know who he was—Wilson Duff Coming Back, a Life is about more than just one man.

Jun 29, 2022

The world is in constant flux, and nothing stays the same, except of course cute animals—they will always pull our heart strings.

Jul 11, 2022

Throughout its history, the Courtenay River Estuary has lived in constant flux. And now, a renewal comes once again.

Oct 14, 2022

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Aug 5, 2022

BC’s small-town connector first took off in Port Hardy with service to Vancouver

Jul 27, 2022

A look at a long-ago visit by a not-so-charming prince

Oct 29, 2022

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