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Discoveries Happen with You A Team Effort for Discovery of Juvenile Elasmosaur
Fossil discoveries in the Comox Valley usually occur with help from river erosion and from observation by amateur palaeontologists and people who take fossil tours to find out more about the Comox Valley’s natural history and ancient life on Vancouver Island. The discovery of “Baby E” the museum’s juvenile elasmosaur, required some time to explore further, and then, “all hands on deck”.
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Join in on the discoveries. The Courtenay and District Museum and Palaeontology Centre is again offering group and family fossil tours. Tours are currently available 5 days a week (Tuesday – Saturday).
Call 250 334 0686 ext.2 to reserve your spot. Hammers, chisels and goggles are supplied. Check out the details here.
Untamed Horsepower
Crown Isle August 14-15
If you’re interested in cars, especially those of a certain historical age with VROOM, you might enjoy the Crown Isle Car Show August 14-15 with proceeds going to the Comox Valley Child Development Association.
The participating car owners will be displaying and driving, "Hot American muscle cars and traditional hot rods and customs up to the 1960s."
Check here for more information regarding the car show and drive.
Chuckle
August 16 marks Canada’s national “tell a joke day”. This one is courtesy of Museum staffer Erik Duncan.
Two fossils, after 100 million years of silence, spark up a conversation.
The fossilized tree asks, "Aren't you excited to be unearthed and put on display?"
"Of course not!" the ammonite snaps back, "I never had a chance to clean my chambers before I fossilized. I don't want the public to see this mess."
The tree ponders this.
"What about you?" asks the ammonite, "Aren't you worried?"
"Worried? I'm petrified!"
Queen of the Fair
Since the 1890s, the Comox Valley Fall Fair has showcased the gardens, livestock and crafts of local farmers and agriculturists, celebrating the bounty of the harvest. Over the years, women competed in homemaking skills such as knitting, canning, pickling, bread making, quilting, handwriting, and floral arranging. (Some years there was even a category for 'Best Baby'!) They nurtured friendly rivalries as they exhibited their work, but one woman in particular made a name for herself with the remarkably high quality of her entries: Lena Cairns.
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Stepping into Wilderness
Here now is an image from the museum’s newest award-winning book Step into Wilderness – A Pictorial History of Outdoor Exploration in and around the Comox Valley.
Photo credit: Community organizations would often organize picnics at which sports were a feature. At this 1926 board of trade picnic, Dorothy Hames, Nora Lloyd, Daisy Kerton and Gwen Fairbairn race on the sand.
Photo: CDM Stubbs Collection. Inside cover.
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St. Peter’s Celebration
Save the date! September 11-12, 2021 There is a site that reaches back to the earliest days of European settlement in the Comox Valley. St. Peter’s Church on Church Street in Comox, built in 1891, celebrates its 130th anniversary this September 11th and 12th. Hundreds of families across the Valley over those decades have worshipped, socialized, sung, danced, eaten and been baptized, married or buried within its walls. All the activities of the weekend at 218 Church Street are open to the whole Comox Valley community.
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Your Membership and Donations Make A Difference
Purchasing a membership to the Courtenay and District Museum, now in its 60th year, supports heritage preservation in the Comox Valley through special events, lectures, education programmes, research and exhibitions. Your membership benefits these award winning programmes on a year round basis and we appreciate it!
Becoming a member provides you with discounts in the gift shop and on lectures and an opportunity to support one of the most active regional museums in British Columbia. Thank you for your support.
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It's All There in Black and White
Can you believe it? Thirty years since the town of Comox adopted this "snazzy" street sign design! Photo from the August 14, 1991 Comox District Free Press.
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With legacy support from the Bickle Family and the Comox Valley Echo.
Photo of the Month
DM #994.2.1 McKean & Biscoe General Store, Courtenay, c. 1905
You can view more photos like this on our website. Click here to visit our holdings.
Museum Funding
The Courtenay and District Historical Society was registered as a nonprofit society in 1961 to preserve and interpret cultural and natural heritage of the Comox Valley. It has functioned as an independent society since that time. Funds are derived from the generous support of the City of Courtenay, British Columbia Arts Council, Comox Valley Regional District, British Columbia Gaming Branch, and from museum generated revenues and donations.
Proud sponsors of the Courtenay & District Museum:
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