The Hudson Bay Company-owned ship Norman Morison made three voyages (1850, 1851, 1853) from Great Britain to Victoria. The third voyage was the HBC’s first attempt to introduce settlers. It included many families who entered five-year indentured commitments to the HBC in […]
Mike Abe will start the program with a tour about the history of Japanese Victoria. This will be followed by the Obon ceremony at 3 PM. Obon is a festival for the Japanese Buddhist Day of the Dead when graves […]
On September 30, 1890, the Vancouver World reported that Joan Dunsmuir had moved into her new $500,000 residence. Craigdarroch Castle’s scale and grandeur were unprecedented in Victoria, inspiring admiration for its craftsmanship while drawing attention to the wealth and power it so […]
This tour will highlight just a few of the many scandals and rumours about British Columbia’s first Socialist M.L.A., James Hurst Hawthornthwaite. One of the most significant politicians in B.C., he represented Nanaimo from 1901 to 1912 and Newcastle from […]
Emily Carr’s grave is one of the most visited at RBC. Every year, a team of OCS guides visits the graves of many people Emily knew. Emily herself (a.k.a. Molly Raher Newman) will delight us with readings about these people […]