British Columbia Canada 150: Celebrating B.C. Communities and Their Contributions to Canada Grant Award Recipients April 2, 2017 Location Organization Name Funding 1 100 Mile House 100 Mile & District Historical Society 108 Heritage Site, Conserving our Site $25,000 2 100 Mile House District of 100 Mile House Martin Exeter Hall Upgrade $20,000 3 Abbotsford Back Country Horsemen Society of British BCHBC Dewdney Trail 150 Legacy $10,300 Columbia 4 Abbotsford Centre for Indo Canadian Studies, University of Punjabi Canadian Legacy : Family History $68,000 the Fraser Valley Across the Regions 5 Abbotsford The Reach Gallery Museum The Reach Public Shared Programming Area Improvement $47,200 6 Agassiz Agassiz- Harrison Historical Society Agassiz- Harrison Museum Heritage 150 Classroom $25,000 7 Anmore Village of Anmore 'Newspapering Murray' Museum Start- up $25,000 8 Ashcroft Community Futures Development Corporation McAbee Fossil Beds Heritage Site $48,000 of Sun Country 9 Ashcroft Village of Ashcroft Historic Fire Hall Museum $24,000 10 Balfour Balfour & District Business & Historic Canada 150 Balfour Monument Installation $5,000 Association 11 Bamfield Bamfield Historical Society Bamfield Historical Signage $4,500 12 Barkerville Barkerville Historic Town and Park Oylin Fangkou/Chow Association Building $25,000 Reconstruction 13 Barkerville Friends of Barkerville & Cariboo Goldfields Stanley Cemetery Information Kiosk $5,000 Historical Society 14 Barriere Barriere & District Heritage Society Replica of late 1800's Rural One Room School of $12,000 North Thompson Region 15 Bella Bella Heiltsuk Cultural Education Centre / Heiltsuk Heiltsuk Baskets and Basket Makers $45,250 Integrated Resource Management Department 16 Bella Coola Bella Coola Valley Museum Society Restoration of 1913 Telegraph Line Cabin within $18,000 Tweedsmuir Provincial Park 17 Bowen Island Bowen Island Museum & Archives Improvements to the Bowen Island Museum & Archives $19,000 18 Brentwood Bay Creating Homefulness Society d.b.a. Woodwynn Woodwynn East Barn Rehabilitation $100,000 Farms 19 Britannia Beach Britannia Mine Museum Community and Sustainability Decks $80,000 20 Bulkley Valley Bulkley Valley Historical & Museum Society Bulkley Valley Museum Collections Rehousing $28,000 21 Burnaby City of Burnaby (Burnaby Village Museum) "Burnaby Then and Now": Celebrating Burnaby $57,000 with 125 Heritage Markers 22 Burnaby Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens' Finding the Record of 1942 Japanese Canadian $20,000 Association Hastings Park Detainees 23 Burnaby Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre Improving Museum Staff Spaces $50,000 24 Burnaby Norwegian Old Peoples' Home Association (Normanna) Charles R. Shaw House Restoration $50,000
25 Burns Lake Burns Lake Native Development Corporation Preservation and Rehabilitation of the "Old $30,000 Hospital" 26 Burns Lake Lake Babine Nation Sharing Indigenous Histories: Preservation and Restoration of a Grease Trail Heritage Site by Lake $50,000 27 Cache Creek Gold Country Communities Society Walhachin Soldiers Memorial Museum Canada 150 $15,000 28 Campbell River Museum at Campbell River Preserving the Legacy of Roderick Haig- Brown - $12,000 Permanent Exhibition 29 Canal Flats Village of Canal Flats "Source of the Columbia Trail" Sign $1,500 30 Castlegar Columbia and Western Trail Society Celebrating the History of the Columbia & Western $50,000 Rail Line 31 Celista North Shuswap Historical Society Upgrading Museum's Infrastructure $3,800 32 Central Saanich District of Central Saanich Newman Farmhouse Restoration $85,000 33 Chase Chase and District Museum and Archives Society Together We Are Stronger $15,000 34 Chilliwack Atchelitz Threshermen's Association Museum Accessibility Upgrades $50,000 35 Chilliwack Chilliwack Museum and Historical Society Council Chambers Gallery Rehabilitation $75,000 36 Chilliwack Stó:lō Nation Service Agency - Stó:lō Research & Stó:lō Material Culture Repository Storage Systems $50,000 Resource Management Centre Upgrade 37 Coalmont Granite Creek Preservation Society Granite Creek: From Gold Town to Ghost Town $7,800 38 Cobble Hill Cobble Hill Historical Society Mill Bay Church Conversion to a Museum - Phase 1 $51,000 39 Coldstream Mackie Lake House Foundation Mackie Lake House Foundation Conservation $19,000 40 Cole Friends of Cole Island Society Cole Island Interpretive Boardwalk $85,000 Island/Victoria 41 Comox Comox Archives and Museum Society Comox - Then and Now $1,500 42 Comox Filberg Heritage Lodge and Park Association Cutting Garden Refurbishment $5,000 43 Cortes Island Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society Wild Cortes Satellite Exhibit $15,000 44 Courtenay Courtenay and District Museum Step Into Wilderness- - A Pictorial History of $10,000 Outdoor Pursuits in the Comox Valley 45 Cranbrook Cranbrook History Centre HVAC to support gallery space for historic CPR $50,000 freight shed 46 Creston Creston & District Historical & Museum Society New Climate Control System in Archives Storage $11,000 Vault 47 Cumberland Cumberland and District Historical Society Everyone Welcome: Accessibility Building $68,000 (Cumberland Museum and Archives) Improvements 48 Dawson Creek South Peace Art Society Our Living Memory $2,500 49 Dawson Creek South Peace Historical Society W.O. Harper Store and Loiselle Blacksmith Shop $50,000 Building Restoration 50 Dawson Creek South Peace Mile 0 Park Society Caboose #305 Relocation and Restoration $50,000 51 Dease Lake Tahltan Central Government Tahltan Heritage and Place Name Signage $50,000
52 Delta The Corporation of Delta Delta Heritage Centre $75,000 53 Duncan Cowichan Tribes Commemorating Ye'yumnuts $50,000 54 Duncan Cowichan Valley Museum & Archives Many Families in One House: Communities in the $81,000 Cowichan Valley 55 Duncan Cowichan Valley Regional District Historic Kinsol Trestle - Phase III Works 'Inactive' $75,000 Bents 56 Elkford District of Elkford Elkford Living History $20,000 57 Enderby Enderby & District Museum Society Spring Bend One- Room Schoolhouse Roof Repair $20,000 58 Falkland Falkland Historical Society McClounie's Cash Store $10,000 59 Fernie City of Fernie Celebrating Fernie's Heritage $50,000 60 Fernie Fernie & District Historical Society (Fernie Museum) Fernie Museum Gallery and Infrastructure Upgrade $82,000 61 Fort Langley BC Farm Museum Association Ventilation System Replacement $8,000 62 Fort Nelson Fort Nelson Historical Society Museum Log Restoration $11,000 63 Fort St. James Friends of the Fort St. James National Historic Commemorative Garden $3,700 Site Society 64 Fort St. John North Peace Historical Society (Fort St. John Alaska Highway Corridor Traces in the Cultural $36,000 North Peace Museum) Landscape Book 65 Fort St. John Northeast Aboriginal Business Centre (NEABC) Indigenous Artists Market $20,000 66 Fraser Lake Stellaten First Nation Marianne Louis Memorial Hall Resoration $50,000 67 Gabriola Island Gabriola Historical & Museum Society (GHMS) Travelling through Time on Gabriola Island $9,600 68 Galiano Island The Galiano Club Restoring Fir Floors in Galiano Hall $18,000 69 Gibsons Gibsons Public Art Gallery The Original People $20,000 70 Gold Bridge Bridge River Valley Community Association Bralorne Pioneer Mines Motel Purchase and $20,000 Renovation for Bralorne Pioneer Museum 71 Gold River Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation Yuquot Church Conservation $50,000 72 Golden Golden & District Historical Society Stop the Rot and End the Rain $36,000 73 Grand Forks Corporation of the City of Grand Forks Downtown Heritage Signs $10,000 74 Grasmere Tobacco Plains Indian Band Tobacco Plains Indian Band Community Center $25,000 Cultural Museum 75 Greenwood Greenwood Heritage Society Miners' Legacy $62,000 76 Hazelton Village of Hazelton Hazelton Museum Improvements $49,000 77 Hope Hope & District Arts Council Art Machine Facility Relocation/Renovation $50,000 78 Hornby Island Hornby Island Educational Society Hornby Island Natural History Centre Exhibit $14,500 Display Upgrade 79 Invermere District of Invermere Veterans Memorial $34,000 80 Kamloops Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior Displaying History $20,000 81 Kamloops Kamloops Chinese Cultural Association Commemorative Historical Chinese Garden Legacy $20,000 82 Kamloops Kamloops Heritage Railway Society Railway Museum $5,000 83 Kaslo Langham Cultural Society 2017 Langham Upgrades $70,000 84 Kelowna Cathedral Church of St. Michael and All Angels Conservation and Restoration of Cathedral Exterior $4,000
85 Kelowna Central Okanagan Heritage Society Benvoulin Heritage Church and Reid Hall $22,000 Rehabilitation 86 Kelowna Kelowna Museums Society The Social Life of Water Phase 2: Making Waves $14,000 87 Kelowna St. Andrew's Anglican Church Living History: St. Andrew's Cemetery $15,500 88 Keremeos South Similkameen Museum Society Keremeos Museum Relocation $50,000 89 Kimberley Kimberley District Heritage Society Old Marysville Schoolhouse Roof Replacement $17,000 90 Kitimat Kitimat Museum & Archives Haisla Heritage Collection Accessibility $20,000 91 Lac la Hache Lac la Hache Historical Society Felker Historic Homestead Safety & Access $9,500 Upgrades 92 Ladysmith Ladysmith & District Historical Society Lives and Legends - Heritage Video Series & $8,800 Videotaped Interviews 93 Lake Country Lake Country Heritage and Cultural Society Heritage Markers on the Rail Trail in Lake Country $20,200 94 Langley Murrayville Community Hall Foundation Replacement and Repair $50,000 95 Laxgalst'ap Hli Goothl Wilp- Adokshl Nisga'a/Nisga'a Museum The Ancestors Collection and Nisga'a Treaty Exhibition Infrastructure/Technological Enhancement $50,000 96 Lillooet District of Lillooet Japanese Canadian Internment Commemorative $20,000 Interpretive Kiosks (East Lillooet, Minto, Shalalth) 97 Lillooet Miyazaki House Society Miyazaki House Restoration $66,000 98 Lone Butte Lone Butte Historical Association Water Tower Park Caboose Museum Expansion $10,000 99 Lumby Lumby and District Museum Sharing our History through Pictures $16,000 100 Lytton Village of Lytton Lytton Museum Building Fireproof Extension $15,000 Design Plan 101 Maple Ridge City of Maple Ridge Historic Haney House Conservation $57,000 102 Masset Dixon Entrance Maritime Museum Society Building Improvement $16,000 103 Mayne Island Mayne Island Agricultural Society and Fall Fair John Aitken Photographic Collection $24,000 104 McBride The Corporation of the Village of McBride A Town on Track - Revitalization of McBride's $20,000 Historic Train Station 105 McBride The Valley Museum and Archives Society Honoring the Legacy of our Early Settlers in the $24,900 Robson Valley 106 Meadow Creek Lardeau Valley Historical Society Construct Shelter for Donated 1931 Model- A Ford $9,000 107 Merritt Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame Upgrade $25,000 108 Merritt Nicola Valley Heritage Society Reroofing Merritt Bottling Works $8,000 109 Merritt Trinity United Church Murray Church 1876 $18,000 110 Metchosin Metchosin Farmers' Institute Antique Farm Equipment Display Building $24,000 111 Mill Bay Malahat First Nation Malahat First Nation Long House Rehabilitation $50,000
112 Mission Mission District Historical Society Multi- Media Facilities Upgrade $22,000 113 Nakusp Arrow Lakes Historical Society Preserving our Centennial Building $8,000 114 Nakusp Nakusp and District Museum Society Nakusp Museum Revitalization $19,000 115 Nakusp Village of Nakusp Caboose and Plow Heritage Display $14,000 116 Nanaimo Cedar School and Community Enhancement Society (CSCES) Farms and Folks - A History of Cedar and Area Print $7,600 & E- Book with Video 117 Nanaimo Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre Society A Totem Pole for Nanaimo's Children & Families $20,000 118 Naramata Naramata Heritage Museum Society Display cabinets $6,100 119 Nelson Touchstones Nelson: Museum of Art and History Building Access and Igniting Community Engagement: Nelson's Diefenbunker & Historic Collection $50,000 120 New Westminster Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame (CLHoF) Building out CLHoF Museum and Digital Archives $25,000 121 New Westminster Holy Trinity Parish of New Westminster (Holy Heritage Cathedral Stained Glass Window $50,000 Trinity Cathedral) Restoration 122 New Westminster The Royal Westminster Regiment Historical 64 RML Cannon Restoration $7,800 Society 123 North Vancouver Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia Heritage Centre Improvements $14,000 124 North Vancouver Presentation House Gallery Mapping the Spirit Trail - Malcolm Lowry's Cabin $70,000 125 North Vancouver Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia Society Maplewood Cultural Heritage $20,000 126 Oliver Oliver and District Heritage Society "Deep Roots" Permanent Exhibit $78,000 127 Osoyoos Osoyoos Indian Band - Nk'Mip Desert Cultural The Inkameep Day School 85 years of $50,000 Centre Reconciliation 128 Osoyoos Osoyoos Museum Society GO (Gather Osoyoos) $19,000 129 Parksville Parksville & District Historical Society McMillan House Remedial Conservation $13,000 130 Peachland District of Peachland Peachland's Historic Use of Water Model $10,000 131 Pemberton Pemberton and District Museum and Archives Access, Safety and Security Improvements and $55,000 Society Phase 3 Development Plan Foundations 132 Pender Island Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society Auxiliary Building Renovation for Collections $4,700 Maintenance 133 Penticton Penticton Museum & Archives Hands- On- Heritage Lab, Phase 2 $20,000 134 Pitt Meadows Pitt Meadows Heritage and Museum Society Pitt Meadows Historical Mapping $5,000 135 Port Alberni Alberni Valley Museum Home Front: WWII in British Columbia (Museum $21,000 Exhibit) 136 Port Clements Port Clements Historical Society History of Logging Outdoor Exhibit & Trail $44,000 137 Port Coquitlam City of Port Coquitlam Port Coquitlam Terry Fox Hall of Fame $75,000 138 Port Coquitlam Port Coquitlam Heritage and Cultural Society (PoCo Heritage) Historical Continuum $9,000
139 Port Edward Port Edward Historical Society (North Pacific Working Dock - 150 $75,000 Cannery National Historic Site) 140 Port Hardy Kwakiutl Band Council Kwakiutl Youth Centre Restoration $45,000 141 Port McNeill Regional District of Mount Waddington Hornsby Crawler Heritage Display $70,000 142 Port Moody Port Moody Heritage Society Meeting the Moodys: Photographs, Letters and Souvenirs of Colonel Richard and Mrs. Mary Moody $20,000 143 Pouce Coupe Royal Canadian Legion Branch 34 (Pouce Coupe) Pouce Coupe Legion Hall Infrastructure Development $15,000 144 Prince George Huble Homestead/Giscome Portage Heritage Protecting the Salmon Valley Post Office $2,700 Society 145 Prince George The Exploration Place Permanent First Nations Gallery $75,000 146 Quadra Island Nuyumbalees Cultural Centre g^elakasdax^la lilkila'e Welcome Everyone $50,000 147 Qualicum Beach Ilo Ilo Theatre Society Ilo Ilo Revitalization - Phase 1 $37,000 148 Qualicum Beach Qualicum Beach Historical and Museum Society Qualicum Beach Museum Collections Care Improvement $21,000 149 Quesnel City of Quesnel - Quesnel & District Museum Quesnel Museum Renovation $50,000 and Archives 150 Quesnel Nazko First Nation Nazko Church Restoration $50,000 151 Quesnel Quesnel and District Heritage Association Quincy Coach Restoration $14,000 152 Revelstoke Revelstoke Heritage Railway Society Museum Mezzanine Accessibility Upgrade $25,000 153 Richmond Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site Britannia's Fascinating Waterfront $20,000 154 Richmond Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society BC's Fishing History Caught on Film $75,000 155 Roberts Creek Roberts Creek Community Association Roberts Creek Hall $28,000 156 Rolla Northern Trails Historical Society Historic Public Art Sculpture $20,000 157 Rossland Rossland Historical Museum & Archives Rossland Museum Renewal $75,000 Association 158 Rosswood Rosswood Community Association Kitsumkalum Lake - Rosswood Heritage $1,500 Interpretive Sign 159 Saanichton Saanich Pioneer Society Access to History at the Log Cabin Museum $18,500 160 Salmon Arm Salmon Arm Museum & Heritage Association Montebello Museum $75,000 161 Salt Spring Island Japanese Garden Society of Salt Spring Island The Historical Charcoal Kilns - A Japanese Canadian $24,000 Legacy on the Southern Gulf Islands 162 Salt Spring Island Salt Spring Farmers' Heritage Foundation Bittancourt House Museum Addition $33,000 163 Salt Spring Island WOLF Society Xwaaqw'um Interpretive Signage $17,500 164 Saturna Island Saturna Community Club - Heritage Committee Community Hall Heritage Completion $23,000 165 Sechelt District of Sechelt Rockwood Lodge - Heritage Repair and Renovation $65,000 166 Shawnigan Lake Shawnigan Lake Historical Society Shawnigan Lake Museum Expansion $75,000 167 Sidney St. Stephen's Anglican Church St. Steven's Anglican Church: Crawl Space $4,000 Restoration 168 Sidney The New Marine Centre Society (Shaw Centre Coast Salish Legacy $35,000 for the Salish Sea) 169 Skidegate Haida Gwaii Museum Bill Reid Legacy Gallery $50,000 170 Slocan Slocan Valley Historical Society Slocan Historic Walking Tour $24,000 171 Smithers Smithers Central Park Building Society Cultural Cover (Roof Shingle Replacement) $22,000
172 Sooke Sooke Region Historical Society Outdoor Artifact and Storage Development $64,000 173 Squamish West Coast Railway Association Garden Track - Community Access Pavilion $25,000 174 Stewart District of Stewart Old Firehall/Museum Restoration $88,000 175 Summerland Summerland Badminton Club Restoring an Original Badminton Club $10,000 176 Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives ILLUMINATE THE PAST: Exhibit Lighting $15,000 177 Surrey Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society Restoration of BCER 1304 Trucks $50,000 178 Surrey Surrey Heritage Society dba BC Vintage Truck Museum BC Vintage Truck Museum Expansion $50,000 179 Surrey Surrey India Arts Club Society Celebrating Our 25 Years Of Dance and Partnership $20,000 180 Terrace City of Terrace City of Terrace Airport Heritage Access and $10,000 Interpretive Signage 181 Terrace Regional District of Kitimat- Stikine The Meanskinisht Churchyard & Cemetery $25,000 Heritage Interpretive Structure 182 Terrace Terrace and District Museum Society Reshoring Heritage Buildings at Heritage Park $60,000 Museum 183 Terrace Terrace Regional Historical Society History Book, Terrace Family Biographies, 1940 to $3,300 1970 184 Texada Island Branch 232, Royal Canadian Legion, Texada Legion Museum Upgrades $7,700 Island 185 Texada Island Texada Arts, Culture & Tourism Society Texada Aviation Museum $13,000 186 Tofino Tofino Clayoquot Heritage Society Wood Display/Storage Case $4,600 187 Tomslake Kelly Lake Métis Settlement Society Canadian Rocky Mountain Métis: Forgotten No $50,000 More 188 Trail Trail Historical Society Trail Museum & Archives Exhibit Design & $75,000 Fabrication 189 Tumbler Ridge Tumbler Ridge Museum Foundation Online Accessible Database for 3D Models of $70,000 Vertebrate Tracks, Trackways and Track 190 Valemount Corporation of the Village of Valemount Valemount Museum (Old Train station) Exterior $31,000 Renovation for Preservation 191 Vancouver BC Sports Hall of Fame and Museum BC Sport History Timeline Exhibit $25,000 192 Vancouver Beaty Biodiversity Museum Visitor Experience Improvement : Creating $65,000 Learning and Social Spaces at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum 193 Vancouver Bill Reid Foundation (Bill Reid Gallery of Phase Two: Building to Engage Community $50,000 Northwest Coast Art) 194 Vancouver Historic Joy Kogawa House Society Seventy- Five Years of Longing $75,000 195 Vancouver Italian Cultural Centre Society (Il Centro) Community Archive and Sculpture $40,000 196 Vancouver Lim Sai Hor Kow Mock Benevolent Association The Lim Sai Hor Kow Mock Benevolent Association Building Rehabilitation 197 Vancouver Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, UBC Interpreting a Legacy: The UBC Outdoor Art Collection 198 Vancouver Rungh Cultural Society Rungh - 1990's South Asian Contemporary Culture and Practices $75,000 $57,000 $15,000
199 Vancouver The Chinese Canadian Military Museum Society Developing Infrastructure Upgrade $45,000 200 Vancouver The Jewish Museum and Archives of BC East End Stories $50,000 201 Vancouver Vancouver Chinatown Foundation Vancouver Chinatown Foundation - Chinatown $75,000 Story Centre 202 Vancouver Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre British Columbia Holocaust Survivors and their $63,000 Legacies 203 Vancouver Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration Bhangra.me - Reloaded $50,000 204 Vancouver Vancouver Japanese Language School and The Japanese Canadian Historic Site Interactive $50,000 Japanese Hall Map 205 Vancouver Visible Art Society (d.b.a. grunt gallery) The Blue Cabin Residency $100,000 206 Vanderhoof District of Vanderhoof OK Cafe Upgrade $23,000 207 Vernon Caetani Cultural Centre Society Caetani Centre Presentation Space and Heritage $30,000 208 Victoria Art Gallery of Greater Victoria AGGV Spencer Mansion Heritage Conservation $80,010 209 Victoria City of Victoria Archives Artifact Display Table for the Archives Reference Room $8,580 210 Victoria Greek Heritage Museum (GHPM) part of Infrastructure Upgrade of Museum Space for $20,000 Victoria & Vancouver Island Greek Community GHPM Society (V&VIGCS) 211 Victoria Highland Heritage Park Society Accessibility Improvements, Caleb Pike Heritage $19,000 Park 212 Victoria MediaNet Contemporary and Traditional Practices: Multi- $57,560 Media Longhouses 213 Victoria Royal BC Museum First Peoples Gallery Renewal $75,000 214 Victoria The Bateman Foundation A Bird's Eye View: Recognizing British Columbia's $61,000 Wild Reserves and Sanctuaries 215 Wells Wells Historical Society Wells Museum On- line Accessibility $20,000 216 Whistler Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) Interpretive Panels $48,000 217 Williams Lake Museum of the Cariboo Chilcotin Society Construction of New Shed for Historic Tractor $18,800 218 Williams Lake Potato House Sustainable Community Society A Potato House from the Past with a Plan for the Future $30,000 219 Windermere?Akisq'nuk First Nation Celebrating 150th anniversary of Canada, now and $19,000 in the future, through?akisq'nuk First Nation (AFN) history, culture and language 220 Yale Yale and District Historical Society Ward House Property Revitalization $23,000 221 Yorke Island Vancouver Artillery Association / 15th Field Artillery Regimental Society Yorke Island Conservancy $75,000