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  1. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Elida Peers

    SOOKE HISTORY: Government wharf area has long been a hub of activity - Sooke News Mirror (opens the original)

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    Published 5:45 am Wednesday, September 9, 2026 The government wharf area at the foot of Maple Avenue has featured prominently in our history since Walter Colquhoun Grant arrived to join the First Nations in 1849. While canoes were the main mode of travel then, the entire inlet had been surveyed by Captain Henry Kellett, master of HMS Herald, in 1843. We believe this photo, taken by Joe Titus, shows the area in 1996. The red-roofed log structure in this photo is situated a bit east of where Maple

  2. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Elida Peers

    SOOKE HISTORY: Youngsters at the Salmon Centre - Sooke News Mirror (opens the original)

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    Published 1:06 pm Tuesday, September 1, 2026 One of the most significant factors in the history of our region has always been Pacific salmon. The species that return to the Charters River to spawn each fall are coho, spring, and chum. The young fellows in our photo are grown men today, but they are an example of the many youngsters who have participated in the activities at the Charters River Salmon Interpretive Centre, the timbered structure nestled among the evergreens and maples that border t

  3. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Elida Peers

    SOOKE HISTORY: Sally Bullen played vital role in community - Sooke News Mirror (opens the original)

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    Published 4:30 pm Wednesday, August 26, 2026 Though she wasn’t born here, Sally Bullen arrived at a log cabin in Otter Point as a toddler, third child of forester Alf Brown and his wife Margaret. Sally, on the right in our photo, soon found herself with younger twin brothers as well. Photographed recently at Sooke Harbour with her daughter Maxine Dillabough and granddaughter Alyssa Seabrook, Sally, now aged 86, recalled the happy days growing up in a neighbourly community. One of her memories: “

  4. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Elida Peers

    SOOKE HISTORY: Fishtraps industry a key piece in the region's economy - Sooke News Mirror (opens the original)

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    Published 3:00 pm Thursday, August 20, 2026 Not a sight you would see nowadays, this photo, circa 1940, which shows how a fishtraps piling was brought from its home roots on the eastern hillside upstream of Muir Creek to its industrial destination as part of Coal Creek trap. While fishtraps pilings varied greatly in length, those which were installed extending farthest out into the Strait could reach a length of 150 feet. This scene was photographed at the mouth of Muir Creek, as the lead truck,

  5. Article · Aug 12, 2026 · Elida Peers

    SOOKE HISTORY: Family's roots trace back to Malahat Farm - Sooke News Mirror (opens the original)

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    Published 9:09 am Wednesday, August 12, 2026 Possibly there are fewer folks visiting from south of the border these days, but we had a delightful visit from a couple here from Ohio — a couple who had come back to the roots of their parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, long ago days at Malahat Farm. Marta Aker came with her husband Greg for a 47-year-long-awaited visit with relatives and to resume their ties to the beautiful farmsite where their grandfather Herbert Anderson had grown up.

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