by Colleen McCarthy | Jul 31, 2019 | News
By Gloria Filax (and published in the July 31 2019 Sounder) At the May 2019 Opening Day of the Gabriola Historical and Museum Society (GHMS) Maxine and Stan McRae were presented with lifetime memberships for their donation of the land on which the museum building...
by Colleen McCarthy | Apr 12, 2017 | News
Gabriola locations among Heritage BC’s newly designated Japanese-Canadian historic sites. Gabriola Historical and Museum Society Release: by Ivan Bulic On April 01, BC Minister for Multiculturalism Teresa Wat announced a list of 56 historic sites with significance to...
by Colleen McCarthy | Feb 19, 2017 | Events, News
The AGM has been RESCHEDULED from Feb.5 to Feb.19 due to snow. The short AGM will be followed by a guest presentation: “43 years of Islands Trust”. This informative talk reviews the history of the Islands Trust, and the impact that conservation-oriented...
by Colleen McCarthy | Jul 3, 2016 | Events, News
Raking the hay on Horseshoe Road farm, Gabriola circa 1960. Daniel Lunn Brown (on rake), grandchildren Danna Lynn Brown, Brian Edward Piper, and Leonard Daniel Piper (on horse) “My father, Tim Brown, was born on Gabriola in 1923. In 1919 the Browns came from Scotland...
by Colleen McCarthy | May 4, 2016 | Events, News
Folklife Village: From Expo 86 to Gabriola village centre May 04, 2016: Gabriola Museum Press Release Gabriola’s Folklife Village was originally constructed as the Folklife Pavilion for Vancouver’s Expo 86 world fair that ran from May to October, 1986. When...
by Colleen McCarthy | Jan 24, 2016 | Events, News
The Gabriola Historical and Museum Society will hold its Annual General Meeting on Sunday, January 24th at 2pm at the WI Hall, 476 South Road. The meeting is open to members as well as anyone interested in supporting the telling of Gabriola stories. In addition to...
