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Archives enquiries in 2023

24 November 2023

During 2023, I've been asked for information about the history of:

  • municipal bylaws
  • the municipal coat of arms
  • farms, fences Fire Chiefs
  • gardens (public and private)
  • heritage walking trails
  • individual former residents of Oak Bay
  • oral history interviews/transcripts
  • parks, plant nurseries, Police Department
  • Ryland Huntley Record lounge, formerly on Oak Bay Ave
  • schools and nurseries/daycares
  • Sealand of the Pacific, seawalls, sewers
  • streetcars
  • streets/neighbourhoods and individual houses/properties (many - these are the majority of requests)
  • the Oak Bay Tea Party
  • Oak Bay Tennis Club
  • trees
  • Oak Bay United Church
  • the University of Victoria (as it relates to the municipality of Oak Bay, which includes part of the Gordon Head campus)
  • the Uplands and Uplands Park
  • Willows Exhibition grounds / Fairgrounds / Driving Park / Aerodrome
  • Willows Park Grocery
  • Windsor Park and the Windsor Pavilion / former BC Electric Park / velodrome

and I've also had enquiries about:

  • becoming a volunteer with the archives
  • making research appointments
  • what's in the archives
  • prospective donations of archival material, reference files and printed books
  • advice on looking after family photos and papers
  • obtaining copies of historic photos
  • topics that aren't to do with Oak Bay - for instance, Camosun College/ Victoria College/ Normal School (Saanich) or anything on Oak Bay Avenue east of Foul Bay Road (City of Victoria)