British Columbia History

09/01/2026

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09/01/2026

Located at the reclamation near the City of Abbotsford - The Hub Of The Fraser Valley on the

09/01/2026

That's a wrap on the 2026 season of the Costume Museum and Rudi's Tea Room at Government House! The Friends are taking a break for the fall and winter and look forward to seeing you when the weather warms up again. Thank you to all who visited the Tea Room for a scone or coffee, and to all who came through the Costume Museum full of curiousity.

09/01/2026

09/01/2026

With Powell River Chamber of Commerce – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉 Great organization that is involved in many great events including the &

08/31/2026

THIS WEEKEND!

We’re STEAMING UP our restored #1 SHAY Locomotive for the last days of summer. This Labour Day weekend will be the last 3 days of steam before the first Halloween Train leaves the station October 17th. The Green Hornet gas train will run until the end of the season on September 20th.

Some important things to note for the Labour Day weekend’s three days:

• The museum will be open from 10 am to 4:30 pm on all 3 days.
•​ 10:30 am – 4 pm - Our ' #1 SHAY Locomotive will be STEAMED UP ' and in operation all three days running every half hour from the train station

• The traveling exhibit “Our Living Languages: First Peoples’ Voices in BC will be leaving on September 20th. If you haven’t seen and interacted with this exhibit, time is running out and this long weekend may be a perfect time to learn about and appreciate the resilience and diversity of Indigenous languages before it returns home to the Royal BC Museum.


• This 3-day event is FREE with your 2026 Membership
• The ‘STEAMED UP’ Barbecued Hot Dogs will be a Special Twoonie ($2) price, Tattoos, crafts in the School House and UNLIMITED STEAM TRAIN RIDES!

Tickets are at the door!

The BC Forest Discovery Centre respectfully acknowledges that it operates on the traditional,
unceded territory of the Quw’utsun peoples. As a leading heritage attraction, the Centre is
dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of forestry in British Columbia through immersive
exhibits, operating heritage railway experiences, and hands-on educational programming. Through
this work, it fosters meaningful connections to the land, its histories, and the diverse communities
who have stewarded it for generations.

The BC Forest Discovery Centre is located just north of Duncan on the Trans Canada Highway in North Cowichan.
For more information on this event and others at the Centre call 250-715-1113 or visit the website at bcforestdiscoverycentre dot com

08/31/2026

Heritage marker for located on the highway just before the Village of Ashcroft

08/31/2026

This heritage marker can be found 11 km south of Cache Creek just before the turn into the town of Ashcroft on the TransCanada Highway, in front of the Ashcroft Manor

08/31/2026

We would like to wish BC Bob a belated (by a day) a very happy 50th birthday. He is the writer, publisher almost everything person behind the B.C. Almanac with the second issue coming in October. You should check him out and subscribe to the almanac! You have come a long way from being that kid buying ice cream from the bikes of Vernon!