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SUMMARY:Moonlight & Magic 2023
DESCRIPTION:The museum will be open from 5:00pm to 8:30pm for Courtenay’s 2023 Moonlight and Magic event on Friday\, November 17th. Walk the streets of Courtenay and enjoy events\, music\, food\, and shops open later than usual. Admission to the museum will be by donation while our hours extend into the evening for the public.  \nClick for Details
URL:https://www.courtenaymuseum.ca/events/moonlight-magic-2023/
LOCATION:Courtenay & District Museum\, 207 Fourth Street\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 1G7\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Lecture: Sheltering in the Backrush\, A History of Twin Islands
DESCRIPTION:Event type: In-person\nTime and Date: 7 pm\, Tuesday\, November 21st\nLocation: Rotary Gallery of the Courtenay and District Museum\nSpeaker: Jeanette Taylor\nTickets: $5 for Historical Society members; $6 for the general public. Advance tickets are recommended. Tickets can be purchased over the phone by calling 250-334-0686 ext 2. \nA treasure trove of intriguing photos and stories emerged when historian Jeanette Taylor set to work on her latest book\, Sheltering in the Backrush\, A History of Twin Islands. Some of the stories are so bizarre\, says Taylor\, they prove the old adage that truth is stranger than fiction. \nTwin Islands\, which lies to the south of Cortes\, belonged to German royalty for several decades and visits by Queen Elizabeth II and family gave the islands cachet. But it’s Twin’s livewire cast of former owners and caretakers who generate the most interest among readers. They include unconventional lovers\, the victim of an unsolved murder\, WWII spies and espionage\, newspaper moguls and an anonymous heiress who saved the islands from clear cut logging. \nTwin’s unsolved murder involves an Irish aristocrat who bought property on the islands after leaving his wife and sons on Denman Island in 1912. A few years later he was shot through the jaw while lounging on his yacht. Nixon wrote a note\, suggesting there must have been a blasting cap in his tobacco\, which exploded when he lit his pipe. But when police investigation revealed he’d been shot through the porthole of his boat by a high calibre rifle\, Nixon wondered if a ‘pit-lamper’ (someone hunting at night with a light to transfix a deer’s eyes) mistook the flare of his match for an animal. Nixon died a month later and as no more plausible theory emerged\, the case was closed. \nDick and Ethel Andrews\, Americans with a steel import business in Japan\, bought the islands in 1936 as a refuge during World War II. They hired a local foreman and crew to build a massive log lodge. Their first task was to cut logs for a structure and furnishings that remain largely as built. “The Twin Islands Lodge\,” says Taylor\, “is a stunning example of north Vancouver Island’s architectural heritage.” \nTwin Islands Lodge c.1939 courtesy John Harrison. \nTaylor found the descendants of most of Twin’s former owners and caretakers. Telephone interviews\, like one with a German prince\, from his castle in the Black Forest\, and meeting descendants of the Depression-era owners and their construction crew were highlights. Many had photographs to share\, including a large collection of sepia-toned images of the crew and construction of the lodge. Among them\, says Taylor\, are images of the crew’s cook wagging a warning finger at a pig and another of the same woman in a daring pair of tailored slacks\, posed in front of a stack of roof shakes. \nHelge Rasmussen with roof shingles. From C. Rasmussen collection. Courtesy Rita Rasmussen. \nSpeaker/Author Jeanette Taylor. Photo by Gerry Cote. \nCopies of Sheltering in the Backrush\, A History of Twin Islands” will be available for purchase ($24.95 plus tax\, Harbour Publishing) and signing after the talk. \nJeanette Taylor is the author of five nonfiction books about our region. She’s currently working on a biography of Courtenay settler Reginald Pidcock\, historical fiction\, and a history of the Broughtons/mainland inlets. Taylor also teaches fiction and nonfiction writing workshops for the McLoughlin Gardens Society.
URL:https://www.courtenaymuseum.ca/events/lecture-sheltering-in-the-backrush-a-history-of-twin-islands/
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SUMMARY:Elasmosaur’s Birthday
DESCRIPTION:Courtenay’s very own Puntledge River Elasmosaur is turning 80\,000\,035 this November! Join us at the museum on Saturday\, November 25th from 11:00am – 2:00pm for a special birthday party for the Elasmosaur\, and celebrate its official designation as the provincial fossil of BC. This event is fun for all ages. With some help from adults\, kids can craft\, wear\, and take home their own birthday hat. Attendees will also be given a commemorative postcard certificate that they can sign and keep\, as well as a special custom button to celebrate the event. Please join the museum team and volunteers for door prizes\, birthday decorations\, cake and cupcakes\, juice\, and a visit from the museum mascot. Thank you to MLA Ronna-Rae Leonard for giving a special welcome at 12:30 pm.
URL:https://www.courtenaymuseum.ca/events/elasmosaurs-birthday/
LOCATION:Courtenay & District Museum\, 207 Fourth Street\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 1G7\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Lecture: Tales of the Elasmosaur
DESCRIPTION:Event type: In-person\nTime and Date: 7 pm\, Tuesday\, November 28th\nLocation: Rotary Gallery of the Courtenay and District Museum\nSpeaker: Pat Trask\nTickets: $5 for Historical Society members; $6 for the general public. Advance tickets are recommended. Tickets can be purchased over the phone by calling 250-334-0686 ext 2. \nJoin Courtenay Museum Natural History Curator\, Pat Trask\, for an evening all about palaeontological discovery in the Comox Valley. Trask will recount “Tales of the Elasmosaur” at 7pm on Tuesday\, November 28th in the museum gallery. \nTrask will focus on the 1988 discovery of the Puntledge River elasmosaur (which was just officially designated as BC’s provincial fossil emblem)\, discoveries made by others in the Comox Valley\, and on his own recent find of a juvenile elasmosaur on the Trent River. Pat’s lecture will include slides and a walk through the exhibit area. \nPat Trask is well known in the Comox Valley for his passion for palaeontology. Thousands of school children and members of the public have attended his fossil tours over the years.  He is also the recipient of the Rene Savenye Award that is given to honour an amateur palaeontologist who has demonstrated outstanding service to the science or to palaeontological education in BC.
URL:https://www.courtenaymuseum.ca/events/lecture-tales-of-the-elasmosaur/
LOCATION:Courtenay & District Museum\, 207 Fourth Street\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 1G7\, Canada
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