Bill Henderson of the Wei Wai Kum Band of Campbell River is one of the most successful master carvers of his time,  and has established an international reputation with collectors of First Nation’s art.  He has been commissioned to carve several traditional totem poles to commemorate important...

The potlatch, a ceremonial distribution of property and gifts unique to Northwest Coast peoples, was elaborately developed by the Kwakwaka’wakw – people of the Canadian Pacific Northwest. Their potlatches were often combined with performances by dancing societies, each society having a series...

On December 15th, 1927, an Alaskan bound steamer, the Northwestern, with 187 passengers and crew, ran aground onto the rocks at Cape Mudge during blinding a snowstorm with fierce gale-force winds.  The ship left from Seattle and had been following the Union Steamship ‘Chilosan’ in the snowstorm,...

The first settlers known in the area were members of the Island Comox and related Coast Salish peoples. During the 18th Century a migration of Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala-speaking) people of the Wakashan cultural and linguistic group migrated south from the area of Fort Rupert and established...

The Museum at Campbell River was saddened to hear of the passing of Ruby Wilson.  She was the first curator of the Kwagiulth Museum at Cape Mudge and was a treasured advisor of the Museum at Campbell River. Twitter Poster plugin : Sensa Weight Loss