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Vancouver Island was one of the early spots in British Columbia’s history, and political events focused the spotlight on Victoria, the first settlement, on the tip of the Island. The Hudson’s Bay Company had to leave Astoria, on the Columbia River, and establish a new settlement, due to the heavy influx of settlers to that

Fairly often over the years we leave Victoria and go on trips through the Fraser Valley as far as Harrison Hot Springs and Hope. I am always interested in the background of the earlier post offices. One of these trips took me into Agassiz, where the Taylors were residing at that time. They are stamp

For over forty years the Union Steamship Company vessels plied the coastal waters of southwestern British Columbia. In so many cases they were the only contact with the outside world for the all villages, lumber camps, and canneries. This fleet with its red stacks is now a thing of the past. Aircraft and modern highways

Eight miles south of Nanaimo is a very small community called Cassidy: a hotel, a grocery store, and a garage. A small number of homes lie in the vicinity. This is a far cry from the original Cassidy in the early 1920s, also called Granby. It was here just after crossing the Haslam River bridge

Off the west coast of British Columbia lie thousands of islands, some snuggled up to the mainland and others a day’s travel by boat, Most of these are small. Two are very large. Vancouver Island lies off the south coast – well populated and easily reached by numerous methods, and it is the playground of