Past events at the Museum

Dr.(Professor) Jean Clottes

The Gabriola Museum would like to take this opportunity to extend this invitation to hear Dr.(Professor) Jean Clottes speak of various forms of Rock Art found around the world, the civilizations in which they exist/ed and his thought regarding the petroglyphs of Gabriola Island, which he will have had several opportunities to visited prior to his engagement at the Golf & Country Club.

Museum Events in 2009
Basket Cases coming to museum for Easter

Easter at the Museum will be the theme of our 1st public event of the year. This will take place on Saturday, April 4th, between 10am and 4pm. In conjunction with the fall presentation of the Joined Hands display, members of the Gabriola Basket Cases will be on hand demonstrating the skill required in the art of basketry. We will be able to see these artisans working on baskets in various stages of construction. As First Nations baskets are a major feature of the Joined Hands display, it seems appropriate to have the expertise of the Gabriola Basket Cases giving us some insight into how baskets are made. The Gabriola Basket Cases will have finished baskets for sale. Come along, view the demonstrations and go home with a one-of-kind special basket for friends and family. “Easter Basket Raffle” The Gabriola Basket Cases have graciously donated a beautiful woven basket, filled with all sorts of wonderful surprises & goodies. If you think chocolate is great – wait until you see the basket!! Good luck and we look forward to seeing you on April 4th.

HELP OUR HISTORY COMMITTEE.
How did YOU get to Gabriola?
We are collecting the stories of how people discovered Gabriola and decided to move here,and we would like your story. Please fill out a form and drop it in the designated box at the Library.
To download a form click HowDidYouGetTo.pdf
For more information or to contact a Museum, please phone the Gabriola Museum's answering machine at 250-247-9987.
        
Tuesday,
Feb.17
7pm 		ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING and Election of Officers
at the Museum.
Doors will open at 6:30 pm to give members an opportunity
to view the JOINED HANDS exhibit.
Refreshments will be served following the AGM.
Sunday,
Jan. 25
2-4pm
At the
ROXY 		Annual SHALE Event
A brief review of the past year's issues,
including the special edition on Gabriola's Sandstone Quarries,
a chance to meet with the people who produce Shale,
and an opportunity to ask questions.
A fundraiser for the Museum's journal. Admission free; donations welcomed.


Museum Events in 2008

Saturday,
Nov.1
1-4 pm

New Exhibit honours First Nations Women.
"JOINED HANDS: The Coast Salish and European Settlement of Gabriola Island".
Louisa Silva and Jane Degnen epitomize the strength, courage and skill of the First Nations women
who, together with their European husbands, founded a lasting community on Gabriola Island.
Opening Ceremony 1 p.m.
To visit the Online Display click here
For a Poster click Joined Hands.pdf
2008/9 How, why, when did you move to Gabriola?
The History Committe is collecting anecdotes.
Pick up a form at the Museum or at the Gabriola Library, and tell us your story.
September
October
   		 Museum temporarily closed
Museum staff is preparing a new and wonderful display.
Saturday,
Sept 13 		Islander Days Parade and Fall Fair at the Commons:
Visit us on the parade route, then see the box crab at our table in the Commons.
Browse 19th century newspapers about the fantastic farm produce of Gabriola.
Bring your special rocks to Nick Doe at the Antiques Rock Show.
Sunday,
August 24		 Lighthouse Keeping on Entrance Island
Avril Douglas tells of her adventures on the coast.
At the ROXY, 7 pm. Tickets $5 at the door.
SOLD OUT! Watch here for a possible second talk.
Saturday,
August 2 		Museum Garage Sale

July 16
August 13
 Petroglyph Rubbing Sessions for children age eight and older.
Organized by Ruth O'Neill and Charlotte Cameron, assisted by Nick Doe.
Saturdays
July/August 		Museum booth at the Farmer's Market.

June 15

 Celebration of the life of Vera Wayman, a director and staunch supporter of the Museum Society from its founding in 1986 until her death in May 2008.


June 8


July 6

 Walk/Talks

Nick Doe led a walk on the beach below the Cemetery and, among other noteworthy features, showed people a fossilized ammonite he had recently found.

Nick Doe led a walk from South Road to the gravel pit, to see material brought by glaciers during the last ice age, and left here as the glaciers receded.
Microscopes, acid, magnets (to find magnetite) were available. Participants enjoyed finding interesting rock samples and taking them to Nick for identification.



Topgraphical Map now on display.
Made by David Andrews, this map shows all the contours of the island and major roads.
Special points of interest and history will be added later.



The Gabriola Palette People
have kindly lent the Museum several paintings of Gabriola landscapes.



Brownies, Guides, Beavers and Cubs 1970's and 80's
Photo albums from the Museum archives.
Sit around the table, re-live the memories, help us identify you and your friends.
January 24

 SHALE Night.
Review of our journal in 2006, with questions and answers.
Jenni Gehlbach spoke about brick making in Tamil Nadu (SE India) and on Gabriola - with photographs.


Museum Events in 2007
Sept. 15       Fall Fair at the Commons:
Museum display during the early part of the day
August 25 Islander Day at Twin Beaches Gabriola Fairground
Museum Display all day.
Meat Draw 3-6 pm.
Sept.  8 Antique Rock Show
People brought rocks found on Gabriola to be analyzed and identified by experts Owen Peer and Nick Doe.
No charge - but donations welcomed
May 19
August  4		 Garage Sales
9:30 am - 1 pm

New Museum Publications
By Phyllis Fafard. an updated Gabriola Plant Checklist
and a completely new Woody Plants of Gabriola.
Plus, a little book of continuing interest: Birth of a Museum by Joyce White
Each $2.50 at the Museum.
July Two Girl Guide groups, attending the Jamboree in Parksville came to Gabriola and camped at Descanso Bay. These SOARs (Spirit of Adventure Rendezvous) cyclists visited the Museum during their island tour, viewing the indoor and outdoor displays and each making a petroglyph rubbing.
August 15 Petroglyph Rubbing Day
Ruth O'Neill and Charlotte Cameron held a special petroglyph rubbing event for children.
Cookies and juice provided. $6. for the rubbing kit.

June 2
June 10


Sept. 1 		Walk/talks
Beach below the Cemetery - led by Nick Doe.
Brickyard Beach, Jenni Gehlbach on Gabriola's largest and longest-lasting industrial enterprise, brick making, with Nick continuing along False Narrows, pointing out fossils on the beach and aspects of the midden.
Bell's Landing. Rufus Churcher discussed the late Cretaceous formation of Gabriola and impact of the glaciers to Gabriola during the last Ice Age.
March 16 Members' Night at the W.I. Hall
Guest speaker Helen M. Buss, co-author of Undelivered Letters to Hudson's Bay Company Men on the Northwest Coast of America, 1830-1857.
Jan. 25
7 pm		 Shale Night at the W.I. Hall
A review of the past year in Shale, and a talk with slide show by Mike Layland, about the history of the notorious Ripple Rock.

Museum Events in 2006
Sept. 16 Fall Fair at the Gabriola Commons:
A display of farming on Gabriola in the 19th Century, including early tools, land records and photos.
August 27 Last Walk/Talk of the Season with Nick Doe: On Drumbeg beach, from 2-4 pm.
August 12 Gabriola Museum Yard Sale, Part 2
July 23 Walk/Talk with Rufus Churcher:
From 2-5 pm on Whalebone beach, examines the shale formation and the large variety of 'erratic' stones brought from the coast mountains during the last ice age. Stones found by participants identified.
July 15 Barbecue for board and volunteers:
at the beautifully situated (and beautiful) home of the president.
June 10 Another Walk/Talk with Nick Doe:
The second walk/talk, from 10 am to 1 pm, along the north coast of Gabriola, from Berry Point to Pilot Bay, to examine the sandstone formations and visit the site where Galiano and Valdes encountered the Snuneymuxw in 1792.
May 20 Gabriola Museum Yard Sale, Part 1
May 13 Walk/Talk with Nick Doe:
The first walk/talk sponsored by GHMS and SHALE, along False Narrows beach from 1-4 pm, to look at fossils, faults in the shale formation, and the midden.
April 21 Jean Barman, BC historian, visits the museum.
In the morning, she meets museum volunteers and a descendant of the Silvas and visits the museum archives.
In the evening, at the W.I. Hall, co-sponsored by Poetry Gabriola and Canada Council, she gives a talk on her work.
March 11 Members Night at the W.I. Hall:
Featuring "Rocks with Rufus" -- the geological history of Gabriola as told by Rufus Churcher.
Feb. 20 Annual General Meeting at the museum.
Jan. 26 A SHALE evening at the W.I. Hall:
Nick Doe, editor, and SHALE's writers present works past and works in progress, hands-on exhibits, a question period and refreshments.
Various dates Meat Draws at the Golf Club and the Gabriola Days beer garden
to raise funds for the museum.

Events for 2010

Museum’s annual SHALE event

The Gabriola Historical and Museum Society is hosting its annual “SHALE evening” at the Roxy, Tuesday, January 26, 7-9 pm. This is an opportunity to meet the people who produce the Museum’s Journal SHALE still priced as it was ten years ago at $20 a subscription. The agenda will likely include a brief review of last year’s 3 issues (including No. 22 which is now being printed), so there will be a chance to ask questions about the island’s history (Ambulance Society, Community Hall, Withey’s Shipyard, HMS Egeria), archaeology (radiocarbon dating of False Narrows sites), geology, and mysterious mirages. Guest speaker Mike Layland will follow this with a talk about Spanish toponyms (place names to you) and then Nick Doe, the editor of SHALE, assisted by new-to-the-island Jinny Hayes, will end the show with some photographs of Gabriola’s rocks and rock formations with emphasis on the “cute, curious, and pretty” rather than yet more technical stuff, just to show we can be artistic too. Come along and be glad you didn’t go to Mexico. Body searches not required.

Katrina Kadoski brings Cougar Annie to Gabriola's CoffeeHouse

Katrina Kadoski brings to life the legendary Cougar Annie at Gabriola's CoffeeHouse on Friday, January 29th. With her original songs, stories and pictures, Katrina portrays the life and times of this remarkable, pioneering woman.

For three years, Katrina was caretaker at Cougar Annie's Garden in its spectacular setting of Clayoquot Sound's coastal rainforest. There she connected with the land, and to Annie herself, inhabiting the persona and experiencing the life of a young woman, in a remote place, with all the work, in all kinds of weather. Her show provides a firsthand sense of both the land and the pioneers who lived there.

Cougar Annie arrived on those forbidding shores almost 100 years ago. She survived in the wilderness by her wily ways and keen intelligence, quickly acquiring necessary survival skills. Her life has been the subject of a huge repository of folklore. Katrina has drawn upon these sources as she composed both narrative and more than 30 songs about this colourful character and her unconventional life. Along with slides, both new and old of the area, Katrina creates an evening replete with stirring music and powerful visuals.

For Gabriola's CoffeeHouse, Katrina will be accompanied by Hugh Fisher, a superb guitarist and songwriter in his own right who is well known to local audiences.

Katrina Kadoski is a skilled guitarist, songwriter and has studied piano and banjo as well as voice. Her repertoire includes jazz, musical theatre and opera. Her voice is powerful, sweet, and unapologetic. With one CD of original songs, 'Whirlpools', behind her, she is currently producing her second offering, entitled 'Pioneer Ballads and Cougar Annie's Tales'.

Cougar Annie's Garden is now owned by the charitable organization, Boat Basin Foundation. The foundation works to maintain the heritage site where Annie eked out an existence for herself and her family. As well as the stewardship of 117 acres of remote west coast forest, it has also developed an educational retreat facility. For more information, check their website at www.boatbasin.org.

Katrina Kadoski at the CoffeeHouse on Gabriola
Friday, January 29th, 2010
Agi Hall, Gabriola Island . $5
630pm - set up and jam
7pm - open stage
9pm - Katrina Kadoski
Please Lug-a-Mug

For more information: or to contact Katrina, please check the website www.katrinakadoski.com, and www.myspace.com/pioneersongstress