Saanich Pioneer Society
The Downey Family
In the past few months, we've digitized two albums from our holdings; both came with little information, other than being attributed to...
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Saanich Pioneer Society
- Nov 14, 2022
- 4 min
The Match Factory
What does a match factory have to do with the Saanich Peninsula? That's exactly what we're trying to find out. Though it can be...
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Saanich Pioneer Society
- Jul 11, 2022
- 10 min
Peninsula-Grown: Portraits of an Agricultural Community
Farming: A Family Affair Farming is hard work. When settlers arrived on the Saanich Peninsula, before the conveniences of modern...
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Saanich Pioneer Society
- May 17, 2021
- 3 min
Spencer Family of Brentwood Bay: A Story Captured in Forgotten Photo Negatives
In archives, we often start out doing one task and end up working on a completely unexpected project. Several months ago while sorting...
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Saanich Pioneer Society
- May 10, 2021
- 5 min
"Non sibi, sed toti" (Not for ourselves, but others): Celebrating Peninsula Nurses
In 2019, the Royal Jubilee School of Nursing (RJSN) Archives and Museum closed and the collection was distributed to other historical...
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Saanich Pioneer Society
- Sep 28, 2020
- 7 min
The Councillor's Cottage
“Mystery” Photo Albums Tell the Story of former Victoria Alderman E.B. Andros, his beloved Brentwood Bay, and the devoted niece that...
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Saanich Pioneer Society
- Aug 24, 2020
- 3 min
Finding Mrs. Willoughby
The photograph shows a group of smiling women, each holding something relating to the Saanich Fall Fair: plump fruit, preserves in jars,...
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