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Papertown Station
Dec 4, 20222 min read
1922::Left-Side to Right-Side Road Rule Change in British Columbia
A New Year's Day present from British Columbia's Provincial Government.
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Papertown Station
Dec 4, 20221 min read
1958::The Lark by Studebaker
A car to get back to the basics.
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Papertown Station
Sep 9, 20225 min read
1951::Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip Visit Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Before the Princess became Queen, the young royal couple made their first visit to Vancouver Island.
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Papertown Station
Sep 2, 20221 min read
1892::Waiting on a Dock in Esquimalt Harbour, Vancouver Island
Waiting on an Esquimalt dock for a transport.
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Papertown Station
Aug 31, 20222 min read
1906::Kla-How-ya by John Innes
A painting created exclusively for a Canadian Magazine.
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Papertown Station
Aug 24, 20223 min read
1910::Restoring an Eclipsed Moon
A legend of many cultures.
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Papertown Station
Jul 28, 20225 min read
1903-1919::Francis Rattenbury's Premier Hotel in Prince Rupert, British Columbia
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and their grand hotel that never was.
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Papertown Station
Jul 12, 20222 min read
1936::Disembarking from the Motor Ferry SS Olympic on the Port Angeles to Victoria Route
The busy motor ferry SS Olympic kicking off one of Vancouver Island's busiest tourist seasons since 1929.
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Papertown Station
Jun 27, 20225 min read
1915-1951::Craiglands and the Miller Ranch of Metchosin, British Columbia
The story of the grand get-away estate of a New York attorney and Presidential Advisor.
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Papertown Station
Jun 15, 20224 min read
1906::The Chiefs Who Traveled 6,000 Miles to Meet a King
British Columbia Chiefs travel to London, England to present a petition to the British King.
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Papertown Station
Jun 14, 20222 min read
1906::Fishing the Salmon Run on the Columbia River
Fishing for canneries meant fishing for large production... any way they could.
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Papertown Station
Jun 5, 20223 min read
1897::James H. Brownlee and His Famous Indexed Maps
A new indexed map of British Columbia at the height of the Klondike Goldrush.
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