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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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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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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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"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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Finding Heritage at Home

The theme for this year's Heritage Week, which runs from February 15 to 21, is a question: Where do you find heritage? Here at the...

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"The Man Who Came Back": The Incredible Story of Frederic Perceival Farrar

Frederic Perceival Farrar was born in 1871 in Wiltshire, England and was one of eight children. His father was the famous Canon Frederic...

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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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Looking Back in Time: A Saanich Fair Retrospective

When the calendar nears the end of August, we, like so many residents of the South Island, begin to turn our minds to the Labour Day...

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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,...