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Exhibit Opening: No Walk in the Woods: The History of the West Coast Trail

The Maritime Museum of BC 744 Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

A landscape of forbidding bluffs and nearly impassible brush, punctuated by the ominous sound of crashing waves, hardly seems like the route to salvation for anyone escaping a sinking ship. For those unlucky enough to find themselves in just that situation along the unforgiving southwestern edge of Vancouver Island, the rough trail over slick rocks … Continued

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Exhibit Opening: Pacific in Peril: Climate Change, the Warming Ocean, and How to Turn the Tide

The Maritime Museum of BC 744 Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

To live on the coast is to be influenced by the ocean every day. Many make their living on the water. It is a source of food, and a way of transporting people and goods. It drives changes to our weather. So, what happens when climate change starts to affect a body of water as large as the Pacific Ocean?  

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Exhibit Opening: The Marine Art of John Horton: From Nine to Ninety

The Maritime Museum of BC 744 Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

The Maritime Museum of BC is thrilled to announce the opening of the retrospective exhibition of marine paintings by John Horton, titled: The Marine Art of John Horton: from Nine to Ninety. It will run from 4 April – 1 June 2025, filling the museum’s entire gallery at 744 Douglas Street with works exemplifying Horton’s … Continued

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Exhibit Opening: Travelling the Alberni Inlet

The Maritime Museum of BC 744 Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Before road networks reached the region in the 1950s, the Alberni Inlet served as a lifeline for communities between Port Alberni and the coast, transporting people, goods, and resources. Travelling the Alberni Inlet highlights the enduring importance of 20th-century maritime transportation from the age of steamships to the present day. Central to the exhibit is … Continued