Black History Month 2012 – BC Black History Awareness Society

The Shady Creek Church

Charles Alexander, one of the Black pioneers, initiated and assisted in the building of the original Shady Creek church in Saanich in […]

Verna Gibbs, grandniece of Mifflin Wistar Gibbs steps into the Mifflin Wistar Gibbs Study Room

Mifflin Wistar Gibbs Community Room opens

This community room was opened at the newly built Greater Victoria Public Library sxʷeŋxʷəŋ təŋəxʷ (James Bay) Branch. Dr. Verna Gibbs, great-great […]

rectangular plaque with title The Yale Convention mounted on sign post

September 14,1868: The Yale Convention

On September 14,1868, 26 delegates from the BC colonies met at Yale, BC for a convention of the Confederation League. The Confederation […]

sepia toned taken from side angle of 2 story shingled and gabled house with porch, fence and trees at front house

Dandridge House is constructed

John and Charlotte Dandridge arrived in Victoria in 1858. John was one of the men who applied for citizenship in 1858. In 1860 […]