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Chemainus (west coast of the island). In this town is possible know the history of this region thanks to murals
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Follow the path traced in town, it is like leafing through the pages of a history book
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Visit the path of the murals in the carriage, it is like stepping into the past
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The path of the murals, crosses the small town
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The path of the murals, crosses the small town
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The old station and the steam train on bridge over Chemainus River
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The Cowichan people, inhabited the island hundreds of years before the arrival of white settlers
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The Cowichan people, inhabited the island hundreds of years before the arrival of white settlers
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The Cowichan people, inhabited the island hundreds of years before the arrival of white settlers
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The passage of the orcas in front of the eastern coast
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The house of the brigantine Spirit of Chemainus. In memory of when this type of ships reach Chemainus Bay
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The house of the brigantine Spirit of Chemainus. In memory of when this type of ships reach Chemainus Bay
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The arrival of the tall ships, marks the beginning of the colonization
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An indigenous princess wrapped in a cloak of cedar bark, observes the arrival of the ships of settlers
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1902, sunday in a field of gold and copper miners
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The colonists settled permanently on the island
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In 1883 it opened the first school of Chemainus
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In 1898, the oxen were the only ones able to drag the big tree trunks from the forests to the carpenters
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At the beginning of 900 the job offered by the wood companies attracts on the island, thousands of people
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At the beginning of 900 the job offered by the wood companies attracts on the island, thousands of people
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The steam winches facilitate the work of the lumberjacks
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The mural that celebrates the meeting place for Chinese immigrants who came to the island in the twentieth century
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In 1915 in Chemainus, comes the first telephone company
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In 1915 in Chemainus, it opens the first supermarket
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Hong Hing store, (1915). Began as a laundry, later groceries and second-hand goods after, bootlegging and a gambling house
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The meeting between natives and settlers
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The arrival of the gunboat HMS Forward (1863) at the port of Chemainus
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The first steam tug boat built at Chemainus (1909)
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In Chemainus Bay, born the first industries to timber export
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The Chinese immigration is the main manpower for the emerging timber industry
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Between 1880 and 1900 it develops an important rail network used primarily for the timber industry
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Between 1880 and 1900 it develops an important rail network used primarily for the timber industry
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One of the most dangerous work was the grouping of the trunks to form large rafts then conducted to the joinery
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The Chemainus mill was considered, until 1940, the largest mill of its kind in the world
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The trunks, carried by the current, congregated near the big mill
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The old copper mine of Mount Sicker (1897)
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A street scene capturing the festivities of the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Victoria Lumber & Manufacturing Co. in 1939
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The main street of Chemainus in 1939
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The main street of Chemainus in 1939
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Chemainus in 1939
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Letters From The Front. Even the youth of Chemainus are enlisted to fight in World War I
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Even the youth of Chemainus are enlisted to fight in World War I
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Letters From The Front
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The postman delivers letters arrived from the war front
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Where is Chemainus on Vancouver Island
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