by Admin | Feb 16, 2020 | Mill Bay History
In the early 1800s Mill Bay, Shawnigan and Cobble Hill were wilderness. There was a small Indian village where the Mill Bay ferry docks and camps in Mill Bay and various beaches along the coast to the large villages of Cowichan and Genoa Bay.
by Admin | Dec 9, 2019 | Mill Bay History
Written by Maureen Alexander with thanks to Adelaide Ellis Christmas Long Ago – Now days people like to go to Disneyland or Hawaii for Christmas but in the old days traveling any distance in winter was difficult, so Grandma or an aunt would usually invite all...
by Admin | Dec 8, 2019 | Mill Bay History
Consider a copy of ‘One Man’s Dream, the History of the Malahat Highway’. (Now available on CD and reusable 8gb Flash drive) A hilarious true story of Major James McFarlane, a rogue and a rebel whose stubborn persistence got the road built, something everyone thought...
by Admin | Dec 1, 2019 | Museum
The Heritage Museum – Open Every Sunday 12-4pm in December – Come and See the New Festive Decorations ‘1919-1929 The Roaring Decade’ – New Heritage Museum located 2851 Church Way, Mill...
by Admin | Nov 3, 2019 | White Cross Placement Ceremony
White Cross Placement Ceremony 2019Saturday, November 2, 2019 - The South Cowichan volunteer group (Royal Canadian Legion Br 134) placed thirty-five white crosses marking the graves of local veterans at Shawnigan Community Cemetery, at the Heritage Partnership Museum...
by Admin | Oct 24, 2019 | White Cross Placement Ceremony
Saturday, November 2, 2019 St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, Cowichan Station 2475 Koksilah Road, Duncan 11:00 a.m. Starting at 11:00 a.m., former parishioners and members of the South Cowichan cross placement volunteers will set up and salute 32 remembrance crosses on...
by Admin | Oct 7, 2019 | Museum
There’s a Bear In The Heritage Museum! – Hi kids, my name is Morris and I’ve just moved into the Heritage Museum in Mill Bay. Come and see if you can find me hiding in the exhibits and doing all sorts of fun things. Ask a museum volunteer for a Find the Bear...
by Admin | Oct 3, 2019 | Mill Bay History
Check out the newly designed showcase for the Mill Bay/Malahat Historical Society at the Mill Bay Shopping Centre (Health Centre/ Mill Bay...
by Admin | Sep 30, 2019 | Museum
If you are part of a group that would like to join us for a tour of the Heritage Museum and learn about what life was like here 100 years, part of our current exhibit ‘1919-1929 The Roaring Decade’, please contact us. The museum is wheelchair accessible and we offer...
