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rm^l- HISTORY-ONICS VOL 16 NO. 4 SEPTEMBER 1998 THE NEWSLETTER OF THE WEST VANCOUVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY The Museum & Archives strikes gold! Klondike show at the Museum & Archives. This travelling exhibition, at the Museum October 6 until December 18, is presented by the Dawson City Museum and Historical Society and tells the story of the Gold Rush from the point of view of miners. First Nations and the popular press. The bilingual exhibit, comprising she cases holding approximately 120 artifacts and 27 panels with text, graphics and photographs, is the largest show ever held at the West Vancouver Museum and Archives. An exciting component of the exhibit, sure to appeal to children, is the interactive CD-ROM “Discovery” video game which combines historic and contemporary documents examining the Klondike experience. Along with the exhibit, the Museum, together with the West Vancouver Memorial library, will host a speaker’s series. There will also be school programs and a BC Mining Museum Bus Tour on Thursday, Octoberl 5th. This is the last stop on the Canadian tour so be sure to come and see what promises to be an exciting and informative exhibit. Who knows, perhaps you will strike gold. For more information, phone museum staff at 925-7295. NEXT GENERAL MEETING Will be held on Wednesday, September 23,1998 at 7pm in the Activity Room of the West Vancouver Seniors' Centre, 695- 21st Street (entrance to parking off Fulton Avenue, between 21st & 22nd). tFic 'lOelc^mc WEST VANCOUVER FEATURE PRESENTATION This month, on Wednesday September 23 at the Seniors’Centre Activity Room, Tim Delgado, executive director of the Vancouver Maritime Museum, will »wfcM08IAL speak to us. Trained as an historian and underwater ^ HP f? rp archaeologist, he is the author of twenty books & hasm c, p j ^ participated in underwater expeditions in Canada, the ’ U.S.A., Mexico and the South Pacific. He has appeared in film and television documentaries, and hasi spoken to audiences around the world. He was re- «oi lo re u cently elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society. Tim's presentation, a unique first person account by James A. Scarborough, promises to be interesting and entertaining. Mr. Scarborough, British-born master mariner and fiir trader in the employ of the Hudson's Bay Company, worked the coasts of Washington, British Columbia and Alaska in the 1830s, 40s and 50s. Surviving shipwreck and the rigours of trade on a "rugged and hazardous coast," he married a native Chinook, Paly Tameeakamee, and raised a family at Fort Vancouver, while also serving as mate and then captain on various Company ships. Jim has researched and played the captain on stage, screen, and in historic re-enactments at Fort Vancouver since 1993. He brings this historic figure to life in his living history presentation and it should be an exciting evening. So be sure to mark the date on your calendar! Captain Scarborough*