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How Did People Get Here? In 1861, the Goldstream Trail was built to enable settlers to take a land route from Victoria to the Cowichan Valley. It was a 6 foot ...

The South End Early settlement at Shawnigan Lake was not limited to the village area. A 1912 subdivision map indicates that most of the waterfront at Shawnigan...

Although the population of Shawnigan Lake was small, the community made a large contribution to the war effort in both WWI and WWII. In the first war, the old S...

Road names - Ravenhill Road Ravenhill Road winds through a section of the Shawnigan Beach Estates. It is named for the Ravenhill family who settled in Shawniga...

History Repeats Itself In October 1935, The Honourable F.M MacPherson Minister of Public Works, visited Shawnigan Lake and promised several badly needed road i...

Did you know… that the invention of the outboard boat engine was inspired by a love story. Oly Evinrude took his sweetheart, Cary, for a picnic near a lake wes...

The footings are just about done, so concrete pouring should begin soon! Work on the abatement in the Museum continues. Although we continue to be closed to vi...

During the summer of 1986, Nancy and Frank Roseborough lovingly renovated an old church in Shawnigan Lake BC to create the very successful Auld Kirk Gallery. Th...

(Poster available for sale in Our Gift Shop - currently open Tues-Fri, 10-2) $22.00 WILLIAM H. STOKES (1881-1938) Born in Simla, India. His father, Whitley S...