The Cult of Brother XII
Edward Arthur Wilson, an early 20th Century mystic known as Brother XII, and his partner Mabel Scottowe (“Madame Z”) founded a religious colony just south of Nanaimo. Known as Cedar-by-the-Sea, [...]
St. Hilda’s Buddhist cemetery
A Buddhist grave site lies at the heart of St. Hilda’s graveyard. The fenced, moss-covered plot contains six headstones, the oldest ones inscribed with Japanese characters, and two unmarked graves. The [...]
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(The Spirit of Our Grandmother’s Canoe Family) by Xwu’p’a’lich Barbara Higgins Each year in the early spring, just as my Ancestors did long ago, my canoe group performs a canoe [...]
Not “just another small town”
Visitors, newcomers, and longtime residents all enjoy virtual time travel Dale Peterson’s Walking Tours of Historic Gibson’s Landing. An accomplished storyteller, Dale sketches a word-picture of the area’s original [...]
The Mill
On the Sunshine Coast, there was and is “The Mill.” The Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives, which produced the book about the century-old Port Mellon operation (Rough and Ready Times, [...]
Remember the Intruder?
Many longtime residents will recall internationally reknowned carver Dudley Carter’s intricate ‘Celestial Intruder,’ which sat for many years on a vacant lot adjacent to his daughter’s home on Gower Point [...]