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...
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...
Exhibits, Outdoor Exhibits
Petroglyph Park Celebrating our First Nation's History The grounds of the Gabriola Museum are encircled by Petroglyph Park. In 1996, permission to create replicas of the rapidly-eroding petroglyphs was provided by the elders of the Snuneymuxw, descendants of the First...
Exhibits, Outdoor Exhibits
Gabriola Ferries The Esperanza, Atrevida, Eena, Kulleet, Quinitsa and the Quinsam have all been a big part of Gabriola life. Esperanza Private Steamer Weekly runs to Gabriola in the early 1890s Owned by Messrs. Forman & Campbell, the steamer Esperanza...
Exhibits, Outdoor Exhibits
Native Plant Trail Gabriola Island The Museum is developing a Native Plant Trail with interpretive signage and educational materials Our Native Plant Trail is currently undergoing extensive revitalization. Over the next two years, the Museum will be developing a...
