Raffle: Pet Portrait Painted by Devon Featherstone

News

Win a portrait of your pet painted by Devon in this Museum fundraiser! Tickets on sale Aug 6th at Devon’s Art Show (GAHC Hall, Aug 6/7, 11 am – 4 pm) & the Museum (Wed-Sat 11 am – 4 pm) Draw Sept 11th (Chances are 1 in 510 (total tickets for sale). BC...

Rollo Family

history - family

James ROLLO – First Generation Gabriola @ 1912. Nellie McLaughlon, John Rollo, James, Christina, Helen (On horse), Annie & James Rollo James1 ROLLO, son of George Wemyss ROLLO and Margaret WATERS, was born Wemyss, Fife, Scotland 15 Feb 1832. James died 24...

Withey’s Shipyard

Exhibits, Outdoor Exhibits

Withey’s Shipyard Gabriola Island Withey’s Shipyard in Silva Bay Withey’s Shipyard in Silva Bay by Jenni Gehlbach SHALE Magazine No.22, January 2010 I am grateful to Fred Withey for allowing me to examine his family’s photographs and personal records about...

Gabriola’s Industrial Past

Exhibits, Outdoor Exhibits

Gabriola's Industrial Past Some of the exhibits outside and around the Museum include large artifacts from Gabriola’s industrial past such as a logging arch, millstones, and Lighthouse fog horns. Millstone and Saw Used in pulp and paper mills during the 1930s...

Robert Burrell

history - family

(18?? – 1873) Although not much is known about Robert Burrell, who pre-empted land on DeCourcy Island in 1873, one story about him is tantalizing not only in what it tells, but also in what it omits. It makes one wish we knew more about the man. Before he...