Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives
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Situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Skwxwú7mesh and shíshálh Nations. Serving Sunshine Coast, BC. 🌊 🌲 🌄 sunshinecoastmuseum.ca
🌊🚢 All aboard the M.V. Machigonne! Did you know we are doing our annual Purdys Chocolate Fundraiser? Place your order online below to support a good cause! Order deadline is Nov 24, with delivery on the week of December 10. fundraising.purdys.com/76681-133898
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🌊🚢 All aboard the M.V. Machigonne! Did you know we are doing our annual Purdys Chocolate Fundraiser? Place your order online below to support a good cause! Order deadline is Nov 24, with delivery on the week of December 10. fundraising.purdys.com/76681-133898
❓🌲 We need your help! We are searching for any info related to Burns & Jackson Logging that operated in ts'ukw'um Wilson Creek beginning in the 1930s. Specifically, we are looking for photos, objects, and stories related to the camp's Japanese loggers 📸 Loggers working at Burns & Jackson, 1937
October 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
❓🌲 We need your help! We are searching for any info related to Burns & Jackson Logging that operated in ts'ukw'um Wilson Creek beginning in the 1930s. Specifically, we are looking for photos, objects, and stories related to the camp's Japanese loggers 📸 Loggers working at Burns & Jackson, 1937
☀️ We are very excited to announce an upcoming tour with local historian Dale Peterson: History of Átl'ḵa7tsem Howe Sound October 4 at 10 AM! ☀️
The tour begins Saturday, October 4th at 10:00 - 11:30am at the bandstand at Winegarden Park. No registration necessary. By donation!
The tour begins Saturday, October 4th at 10:00 - 11:30am at the bandstand at Winegarden Park. No registration necessary. By donation!
September 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
☀️ We are very excited to announce an upcoming tour with local historian Dale Peterson: History of Átl'ḵa7tsem Howe Sound October 4 at 10 AM! ☀️
The tour begins Saturday, October 4th at 10:00 - 11:30am at the bandstand at Winegarden Park. No registration necessary. By donation!
The tour begins Saturday, October 4th at 10:00 - 11:30am at the bandstand at Winegarden Park. No registration necessary. By donation!
Put your hands together for Gavin's new blog post on Theatre now on our website! www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/blog/the-the...
SCMA# 1334
SCMA# 1334
August 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Put your hands together for Gavin's new blog post on Theatre now on our website! www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/blog/the-the...
SCMA# 1334
SCMA# 1334
🔎Thank you to journalist Sandra Thomas from the Coast Reporter for this great article on our Japanese Community Histories exhibit series. We are looking for any stories, photographs, or objects related to the Japanese community builders of the Sunshine Coast. Please be in touch! ❤️
August 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
🔎Thank you to journalist Sandra Thomas from the Coast Reporter for this great article on our Japanese Community Histories exhibit series. We are looking for any stories, photographs, or objects related to the Japanese community builders of the Sunshine Coast. Please be in touch! ❤️
❤️ Last call for our Summer Membership draw! Sign-up or renew as a member by July 31 to win this gift basket or a Beachcombers prize pack. We would love to have you on-board! www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/membership.html
July 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
❤️ Last call for our Summer Membership draw! Sign-up or renew as a member by July 31 to win this gift basket or a Beachcombers prize pack. We would love to have you on-board! www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/membership.html
It's getting ☀️ out there! Pop in to the Museum to cool down and enjoy the exhibit's with our air conditioning! ❄️ If you don't have AC and need to get out of the heat, please come by for complimentary admission. Nick's made sure things are nice and cool.
July 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It's getting ☀️ out there! Pop in to the Museum to cool down and enjoy the exhibit's with our air conditioning! ❄️ If you don't have AC and need to get out of the heat, please come by for complimentary admission. Nick's made sure things are nice and cool.
🌞 Walk through time this Saturday, July 19 with Dale Peterson! We will be offering a free historical walking tour of Gibsons, starting at 10am from Pioneer Park. Arrive shortly before 10am to take part in this fantastic historical experience. Donations accepted at Museum.
July 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🌞 Walk through time this Saturday, July 19 with Dale Peterson! We will be offering a free historical walking tour of Gibsons, starting at 10am from Pioneer Park. Arrive shortly before 10am to take part in this fantastic historical experience. Donations accepted at Museum.
🛶 Meet the Ikeda family of ḵalpilin Pender Harbour. Arriving in 1926, the Ikedas were an integral part of the growing community
📸 Standing (L-R): Bessie Ikeda, Cotty Ikeda, Emiko Ikeda. Seated: Torakichi Ikeda, Jack (Masatsugu) Ikeda, Hisano Yamashita Ikeda
PHLHS Image: 2016.25.3 1/2
📸 Standing (L-R): Bessie Ikeda, Cotty Ikeda, Emiko Ikeda. Seated: Torakichi Ikeda, Jack (Masatsugu) Ikeda, Hisano Yamashita Ikeda
PHLHS Image: 2016.25.3 1/2
July 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
🛶 Meet the Ikeda family of ḵalpilin Pender Harbour. Arriving in 1926, the Ikedas were an integral part of the growing community
📸 Standing (L-R): Bessie Ikeda, Cotty Ikeda, Emiko Ikeda. Seated: Torakichi Ikeda, Jack (Masatsugu) Ikeda, Hisano Yamashita Ikeda
PHLHS Image: 2016.25.3 1/2
📸 Standing (L-R): Bessie Ikeda, Cotty Ikeda, Emiko Ikeda. Seated: Torakichi Ikeda, Jack (Masatsugu) Ikeda, Hisano Yamashita Ikeda
PHLHS Image: 2016.25.3 1/2
Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth at the Gibsons Public Market night market. The winner of our museum trivia has been drawn and notified. Thanks for playing!
The answers where
1. We are on Sḵwx̱wú7mesh land
2. George Gibson arrived 1886
3. The most common answer was Lady Cecilia
The answers where
1. We are on Sḵwx̱wú7mesh land
2. George Gibson arrived 1886
3. The most common answer was Lady Cecilia
June 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth at the Gibsons Public Market night market. The winner of our museum trivia has been drawn and notified. Thanks for playing!
The answers where
1. We are on Sḵwx̱wú7mesh land
2. George Gibson arrived 1886
3. The most common answer was Lady Cecilia
The answers where
1. We are on Sḵwx̱wú7mesh land
2. George Gibson arrived 1886
3. The most common answer was Lady Cecilia
Hey everyone come see Gavin's new JAM packed blog post on the Howe Sound Cooperative Cannery at the link below www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/blog/the-how...
June 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Hey everyone come see Gavin's new JAM packed blog post on the Howe Sound Cooperative Cannery at the link below www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/blog/the-how...
🌿 We would like to send a big huy chexw a / ?ul nu msh chalap (thank you) to Ḵ’atxa’mat Fran Nahanee & xets’emits’a Candace Campo and her team for their fantastic Syiyaya Days tours. Both walks were sold out, and filled to the brim with cultural knowledge from Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and shíshálh culture🌞
June 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
🌿 We would like to send a big huy chexw a / ?ul nu msh chalap (thank you) to Ḵ’atxa’mat Fran Nahanee & xets’emits’a Candace Campo and her team for their fantastic Syiyaya Days tours. Both walks were sold out, and filled to the brim with cultural knowledge from Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and shíshálh culture🌞
🌿🌲We are getting excited, sign-up today for this fantastic free walking tour for syiyaya Days 2025! www.tinyurl.com/stsscm
June 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🌿🌲We are getting excited, sign-up today for this fantastic free walking tour for syiyaya Days 2025! www.tinyurl.com/stsscm
☀️ Join us this Sunday, June 22 for a free walking tour for Syiyaya Days with our friends at Talaysay Tours, starting at 2:00pm. Join Candace Campo and her guides to explore shíshálh and Coast Salish culture. Register (space limited)
➡️ www.tinyurl.com/stsscm
➡️ www.tinyurl.com/stsscm
June 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
☀️ Join us this Sunday, June 22 for a free walking tour for Syiyaya Days with our friends at Talaysay Tours, starting at 2:00pm. Join Candace Campo and her guides to explore shíshálh and Coast Salish culture. Register (space limited)
➡️ www.tinyurl.com/stsscm
➡️ www.tinyurl.com/stsscm
Hey everyone! Come and see my new blog post on historical walking tours at our website.
www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/blog/walking...
www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/blog/walking...
June 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Hey everyone! Come and see my new blog post on historical walking tours at our website.
www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/blog/walking...
www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/blog/walking...
🤩 We are excited to announce our Summer Historical Walking Tours! We are partnering with Talaysay Tours, ḵ’atxa’mat Fran Nahanee & Dale Peterson to offer free walking tours every weekend this summer. Registration ➡️ www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca ❤️ Thank you to sponsors Domtar Howe Sound Pulp & Paper
June 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
🤩 We are excited to announce our Summer Historical Walking Tours! We are partnering with Talaysay Tours, ḵ’atxa’mat Fran Nahanee & Dale Peterson to offer free walking tours every weekend this summer. Registration ➡️ www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca ❤️ Thank you to sponsors Domtar Howe Sound Pulp & Paper
At the museum we have an ongoing exhibit where people share their thoughts on our whiteboard! Lots of people were dreaming last week, why don't you come share your dreams on the museum whiteboard!
June 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
At the museum we have an ongoing exhibit where people share their thoughts on our whiteboard! Lots of people were dreaming last week, why don't you come share your dreams on the museum whiteboard!
Guess who's back! Come check out my new blog post at the link below and I'll see you this summer!
www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/blog/guess-w...
www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/blog/guess-w...
June 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Guess who's back! Come check out my new blog post at the link below and I'll see you this summer!
www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/blog/guess-w...
www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/blog/guess-w...
🌈 Happy 2025 Pride Month everyone! 🏳️🌈 When it comes to Sunshine Coast heritage, drop us a line if you have any stories/items/archives that could help tell the stories of local 2SLGBTQIA+ history! 🏳️🌈 Sunshine Coast events ⬇️ www.sunshinecoastpride.com/calendar
June 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
🌈 Happy 2025 Pride Month everyone! 🏳️🌈 When it comes to Sunshine Coast heritage, drop us a line if you have any stories/items/archives that could help tell the stories of local 2SLGBTQIA+ history! 🏳️🌈 Sunshine Coast events ⬇️ www.sunshinecoastpride.com/calendar
🚶🏾♂️➡️🚶🏾♀️➡️🚶🏾➡️through time with Dale Peterson on May 17! Dale will offer a 1.5 hour walking tour of Ch’kw’elhp Gibsons starting at 10am with a suggested donation of $20/per person (all welcome). Call us for more info! 🌞
May 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
🚶🏾♂️➡️🚶🏾♀️➡️🚶🏾➡️through time with Dale Peterson on May 17! Dale will offer a 1.5 hour walking tour of Ch’kw’elhp Gibsons starting at 10am with a suggested donation of $20/per person (all welcome). Call us for more info! 🌞
📰 It's that time again -- our 2025 newsletter here! Read about historic summer celebrations, the power of archives, and renew/sign-up to become a member.
💗 Membership: sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/membership.html
📖 Newsletter here: www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca
💗 Membership: sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/membership.html
📖 Newsletter here: www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca
April 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
📰 It's that time again -- our 2025 newsletter here! Read about historic summer celebrations, the power of archives, and renew/sign-up to become a member.
💗 Membership: sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/membership.html
📖 Newsletter here: www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca
💗 Membership: sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/membership.html
📖 Newsletter here: www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca
❓Did you know that April is Sikh Heritage Month? Our colleague Dr. Sharn Kaur Sandhra will be offering tours this Sunday, April 6 in Abbotsford if you are in the area. Not to be missed, Sharn's tours are fantastic! tinyurl.com/2nss2vyv
📸 Similar walking tour we hosted last year w/Talaysay Tours
📸 Similar walking tour we hosted last year w/Talaysay Tours
April 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
❓Did you know that April is Sikh Heritage Month? Our colleague Dr. Sharn Kaur Sandhra will be offering tours this Sunday, April 6 in Abbotsford if you are in the area. Not to be missed, Sharn's tours are fantastic! tinyurl.com/2nss2vyv
📸 Similar walking tour we hosted last year w/Talaysay Tours
📸 Similar walking tour we hosted last year w/Talaysay Tours
🌿 Today is National Indigenous Languages Day, a great time to celebrate & learn words in shishálh she shashishalhem and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh snichim languages. Here is a great picture of swíwelát (Princess Louisa Inlet) featuring the high mountains and coastal beauty of the shishálh swiya. 🌊🗻
March 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🌿 Today is National Indigenous Languages Day, a great time to celebrate & learn words in shishálh she shashishalhem and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh snichim languages. Here is a great picture of swíwelát (Princess Louisa Inlet) featuring the high mountains and coastal beauty of the shishálh swiya. 🌊🗻
🌈 We are hoping to have our best membership year ever! Join us in our quest by becoming a member, and receive all sorts of amazing heritage goodies! 🌈
www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/membership.html
www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/membership.html
March 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
🌈 We are hoping to have our best membership year ever! Join us in our quest by becoming a member, and receive all sorts of amazing heritage goodies! 🌈
www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/membership.html
www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca/membership.html
📸 🌎 Swing by our website to see a world of archival photo of the Sunshine Coast! We have over 8000 digital images online to search using keywords, locations, etc.
🚨Disclaimer: we are not responsible for lost hours spent perusing the photos! 🚨
➡️ sunshinecoastmuseum.pastperfectonline.com/Photo
🚨Disclaimer: we are not responsible for lost hours spent perusing the photos! 🚨
➡️ sunshinecoastmuseum.pastperfectonline.com/Photo
March 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
📸 🌎 Swing by our website to see a world of archival photo of the Sunshine Coast! We have over 8000 digital images online to search using keywords, locations, etc.
🚨Disclaimer: we are not responsible for lost hours spent perusing the photos! 🚨
➡️ sunshinecoastmuseum.pastperfectonline.com/Photo
🚨Disclaimer: we are not responsible for lost hours spent perusing the photos! 🚨
➡️ sunshinecoastmuseum.pastperfectonline.com/Photo