The Museum Gift Shop is happy to announce brand new colours of our popular elasmosaur t-shirts. We teamed up with our long-time collaborators at Hitec Screen Printing to locally print these fabulous shirts, available in heather green or heather navy in adult sizes ($35.99), and turquoise or olive green in youth sizes ($25.99).
Summer’s here! Don’t miss your chance to book your spot on a world famous fossil tour guided by our Natural History Curator, Pat Trask. Tours will run from now until the fall, with public tours for families and school programming available for classes and youth groups. These tour options are the perfect outing for all ages, newcomers and returning enthusiasts.
Tune in to watch the highlight reel from the Vaux’s swifts return to the Courtenay Museum’s brick chimney. After this stop, they continued their migration from Central America to Northern BC and Alaska.
We're excited to announce new wet and needle felting artwork by Local Artist, Cheryl Webster, now available in the Museum Gift Shop. Cheryl started Hummingbird Felting Studio in Royston earlier this year to explore her newfound passion for felting, and she continues to wow us with her beautiful work.
The Courtenay and District Museum will celebrate Canada Day with an open house from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm on Tuesday, July 1. Guests are welcome to enjoy live music by Alan Jossul, enter to win a door prize, and try their hand at kids’ crafts.
Thanks to the Rotary Club of Courtenay, the Courtenay Museum’s Rotary Gallery has received some fabulous new upgrades and features, such as a full set of new ceiling light fixtures, a brand new sink and cabinets in the adjacent kitchen, and a fresh coat of wall paint.
It’s official! At long last, what was known as the Puntledge River elasmosaur now has its own scientific name: Traskasaura sandrae, named in its scientific paper published on May 23, 2025 in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, by Dr. F. Robin O’Keefe.
The Courtenay and District Historical Society lost a supporter with the death of Mike Trask on May 15, 2025. Mike Trask’s name will be forever linked with the 1988 discovery of the Puntledge River elasmosaur. It was with this find that the full potential of fossil resources in the Comox Valley started to be revealed.
Some fabulous brand-new items from Rex London have arrived in the Gift Shop! These new additions include incredibly cute “Mini Bunny in a Box” and “Mouse in a House” plush dolls with their little beds, as well as a playful “Knitting Mushroom” kit with yarn included.
Doggone it, we're sold out! 🐾 Thanks to overwhelming interest, all tickets for the May 27th lecture “The Coast Salish Woolly Dog” at the Courtenay Museum are gone! Please note: no tickets will be available at the door, so if you didn’t snag one in time, we hope to see you at a future event. Stay tuned because there are more exciting programs on the way!
