We’re excited to share the highlight reel from the vaux’s swifts return to the Courtenay Museum’s brick chimney. With help from Mayor Bob Wells, City of Courtenay staff and ACS Computer Solutions, the museum had placed not one but two live cameras on the roof to view the swift traffic inside and outside the chimney.
This month marks anniversary milestones for several Comox Valley longstanding clubs, businesses, and organizations.
June 6th, 2024 marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day. On that day in 1944, Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy (France) to open the way to Germany from the West.
The Courtenay and District Museum will celebrate Canada Day with an open house from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm on Monday, July 1st. Guests are welcome to enjoy live music by Alan Jossul, enter to win a door prize, and try their hand at kids’ crafts.
Starting next Saturday, from June 22nd to August 24th, the museum will be hosting a Summer Kids Craft event every Saturday from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. Join our Kids Craft Coordinator, Hannah, as she guides youth and parents through the steps to make new weekly creations you can take home. The museum will provide all the materials and tools needed, and donations for the event will be put towards more supplies and designs for the next installment.
June 21st marks National Indigenous Peoples Day, and the Comox Valley will have no shortage of events and activities to celebrate this important day.
June 14th - 16th marks the 39th anniversary of Miners Memorial in Cumberland. Every year since 1986 community members, organizers, activists, historians, musicians, families and the labour community have come together to commemorate the sacrifices of workers around the world and right here in Cumberland.
The George and Jane Grieve home. Standing left to right: Berkeley (son), George, Jane, and Sadie Grant (granddaughter). In the buggy are Reverend Thomas and Abigail Menzies, c. 1905. Photographed by Walter Gage.
Grieve Avenue and some of the family history behind its namesake are the feature for this month.
Our gift shop is pleased to announce a spread of brand new journals hitting the shelves this month, in a fabulous variety of colours and sizes. The small journals are available for $14.95, while the largest are $22.75.
