British Columbia Historical Federation

Visit the place where the province had its political start, and learn about fur trade, gold rush and newcomer relations with the local First Nations. You can see the storehouse at Fort Langley National Historic Site a Classified Federal Heritage Building.

#buylocal at Sxwimele Boutique and Gifts!

"Employed by the Hudson Bay Company, hundreds, if not thousands, of Hawaiians found their way to Canada’s west coast." http://www.bbc.com//20201123-canadas-forgotten-hawaiian-is

"Francis Jim Baptiste, who was born in 1920, studied art at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Much of his artwork is held at the B.C. Archives and at the Nk'mip Desert Cultural Centre in Osoyoos."

"Like the service of many other soldiers from the Punjab in India during both the First and Second World Wars when, like Canada, the region was still part of the British Empire it has been overlooked and excluded from subsequent accounts, and has been missing from what Purewal terms a ‘Euro-centric’ narrative of both wars taught in Canadian schools."

Victoria Historical Society offering monthly lecture via Zoom!

Learn about Bill Reid the carver behind the art and sculpture with Nika Collison and Gwaai Edenshaw.

"A Seat At The Table". Using food and restaurant culture as entry point, the project highlights stories that reveal the great diversity of immigrant experiences and of the communities immigrants develop. It also addresses themes of belonging, racism, agency, resilience and reparation as important facets of the complex picture of Chinese migrants and their descendants in the province." https://museumofvancouver.ca/a-seat-at-the-table

People are drawn as much to the stories as they are the landscape. People like to feel connected especially these days. It’s not just a trail, it’s the story of British Columbia.

B.C. books and B.C. ideas. The web-based Ormsby Review is an important part of B.C.'s cultural fabric. BCHF has supported it in past; now TOR is seeking broader public support. Can you help?

Happy birthday, Fisgard Lighthouse. 160 candles.