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Tale trail Shantael Sleight reads the story Owl Babies to her three-yearold son Finnley Davie at Goldstream Park. A story walk at the provincial park is just one of the many literacy activities held on Sunday, Jan. 26 during the Westshore Family Learning Tour. See story page A17. Charla Huber/News staff
Colwood’s storied past left out in the shed Kyle Wells News staff
In a shed behind the building which houses the WestShore Chamber of Commerce is a collection of items revealing Colwood’s historic past. From an old milk jug to a plough and glass bottles to a
collection of 78 RPM records, the items, acquired mostly in the 1980s, are what remains of a museum. Now the Colwood heritage commission is trying to figure out what to do with it all. The Goldstream Museum Society that formed in 1984 started collecting the items. The society
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acquired a building in 1986 in the current home of Veterans Memorial Park. The museum had displays featuring an old kitchen, a farm scene, an antique telephone exchange (which now lives in Colwood’s city hall) and other examples of life in the past. Over the years interest in the
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museum and the society slowly dissolved and in the early 2000s the group lost the museum space. The artifacts were then displayed in the bottom level of the WestShore Chamber of Commerce building. In 2010, when the chamber needed its space back, the items were put into storage in a shed
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behind the building, along with a storage unit. In 2013 the museum society, now down to two people, dissolved, with the Colwood Heritage Commission taking over responsibility for the artifacts this past December. PlEASE SEE: Heritage commission… Page A3