by Jeanette Taylor | Jul 2, 2014 | BC History Tales
Tribal Journeys Canoes Arrive at Cape Mudge on Canada Day Hundreds–perhaps as many as a thousand–people gathered at the We-Wai-Kai First Nation Village on Quadra Island on Canada Day to welcome canoes participating in the Tribal Journeys, which is...
by Jeanette Taylor | May 10, 2014 | BC History Tales
A Forgotten Grave at Bold Point, Quadra Island, BC The little community at Bold Point, on Quadra Island, BC, doesn’t have an official cemetery, but there are a few random graves. One is at a crossroads above an old steamship dock. Its granite headstone, enclosed...
by Jeanette Taylor | Apr 22, 2014 | BC History Tales
Explore a New Wilderness Park on Quadra Island A new wilderness park, a place with lots of history, was announced last month by the BC Parks Branch. They’ve secured 395 hectares of land, a jigsaw puzzle piece that lies at the heart of two existing parks on north...
by Jeanette Taylor | Dec 30, 2013 | BC History Tales
Disturbing the Dead? The Smith/Lang Family of Read Island & Port Neville, BC Daisy Pearl McLennan told her family very little about her childhood, but she couldn’t resist a prideful boast that she’d been the first white child born on Read Island, BC,...
