Postcards from the Road
We've searched our collections for things that tell intriguing tales of our province - totem poles and gold coins, swords and medals, tapestries and dance screens, photographs and letters, technology and teddy bears. It's like walking into the most fascinating room you can imagine, filled with all sorts of marvelous and unexpected things.
Colonel Moody - larger than life
You'd have been unwise to judge Colonel Richard Clement Moody by his physical size. After Governor James Douglas, no one had more influence over the shape of early British Columbia.
Big, bold, beautiful - BC's bird
The Steller's Jay is a boisterous bully, well known for chasing other birds away from backyard feeders and helping itself to unattended picnic lunches. Yet BC named this jay our provincial. How did this happen?
Browse the whole list of stories, look for a familiar name or search for tales about a particular place or subject.
