ea
icCreadie . ,

the muszum, is locked» up until the

/Sumimer.

Helmecken House was built in
1853 and is One of the oldest homes
inthe province. Iwas the home of
‘a pioneer doctor and his been fully
restored. All I got to see was the
grounds and whatever I could
glimpse through the windows. It's
enough to make me make positive

: ‘plans io return'‘during the summer. °

So, antique shops don’t close for .
’ the winter and off | tridged: To,
‘ find antique row, walk down ©
. Government Streel to Fort St.. The
majority of (he shops are in the
1600 block but there are others ©

‘ along the way.”

7 ON THE off chance you:
« haven’ t heard enough about
_ high'school reunions, we
have just returned from :
Brian’s, Gak Bay. High in i
-. Mictoria.: 7
“Quite a number of the attendees’
were from the North Shore, includ-
ng neighbors we didn’ 4 know we
“had! o- -
he: name ‘lags at the reunion ;
oasted the grad pictures of-the par-

‘ticipants. Timé does play games; a

ith us, doesn’t it?
The Saturday luncheon was for

-gtadsonly.-> a good idea but we -
both felt that an alternate activity |

‘might have been planned for the

tiens! 1 didn’t have any trouble
pending my, day but 'some may

j have... —

“My first stop was the Royal
’ British Columbia Museum. Pll
swearithis is the finest museum of ©
“its kind anywhere — something we:
all should visit. :
‘yThe exhibits are breathtaking,
especially the enormous dioramas.
My favorite is the Tidal Flats —
imply lovely — but:you"ll marvel
t the sea lions on.the rocks, the
full-sized mammoth and the ranch
scene, Don’t miss it!
"You'll see a mock-up of the ©
' Discovery, i a huge and very beauti-
ful collection of native artifacts and:
full-size Long House; as well as.
mils, mines and milestones.
«The museum is open daily,”

: except Christmas Day and New
Year's Day, from’ 40a. m. to 5:30
'P. m.in summer: Admission i is

: free but’ ‘donations are appreciated.

‘The museum is located at the.
comer of Government St. and

Belleville, just across the street

: from the Legislative Buildings. The a

“provincial archives are adjacent for
‘roots searching. 7
My time in Victoria was fairly
~ short. Like every tourist, I had to
decide what to concentrate ‘on. f
_» chose antiques and restored homes.
v My first: disappointment came when -
I discovered that Helmecken
House, located on the grounds of

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Four are near the inner harbor.”

':Pick up a guide from any of the

“shops to be sure you don’t miss:

-any. Make sure to visil the last one

‘On thé list ~ FaithyGrant at 1156.,
Fort St. The shop is housed in a

~ wonderful old home and has been

in the same fuinily since the early

They have‘ ‘some lovely things,
but the house alone is worth taking.
time to visit. ;;

We chose fo take the ferry from

Horseshoe Bay and drive down the: ~

Isiand Highway. There are a num-
ber of antique shops along ihe way,
but there are two on my don; t-miss
list.

Be sure.to stop a Buckingham's
Browsorium right on the highway
at Ladysmith. The,tose garden is “
lovely and should be in bloom by”
mid-May.

The Chemainus Valle ey: ‘Antique. .

Centre is at the corner of the Island
Highway and Henry Road. This is a
_, multi-deater mall and has an inter-
esting — and big —-selection of

- quality stuff,

- Back to Victoria: | walked and
touristed most of Saturday after-
noon until Brian picked me up.. We
went!for tea: No, not atthe Empress
— I'm sure that’s a wonderful
“experience and all that but it’s also.
* wonderfully. expensive.

Instead, we chose one of the

: “several tea shops on Oak Bay:-'

Avenue ard had w'pleasant break,
along witha stroll around the
shops. | : ae
Understand that this was a nos-
talgia trip for Brian though I hardly
. think he dropped in for afternoon’

. tea when this was his adolescent

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stomping grounds.

On Sunday morning. we skipped
the optional sight-seeing tour and:
started off on our own, Fd seen

~ Craigdarrach Castle a couple of

years ago and knew Brian would
love it — he did, even though the
interior was in an uproas, preparing
for the upcoming film-
ing of MGM's Little
. Women.

This mansion, home

“of the famous Dunsmuir

‘family, is magnificent, 6 The + rose , garden is lovely
‘and Should be in bloom

The restoration has 0.6 S06
been an enormous task,’
considering that the —

yits turned into

the first Victoria

College and a home for; —

First World War casual-

ties.

: “You can imagine whal that ‘did |
to the decor. But today most of the
home is splendid although restora-

‘tion is continuing in Some areas.

The‘ house was built 1887- 1890"
by Robert Dursmuir, a Scottish .
immigrant who made a dollar or
two in coal and railroads. He died -

- before the home was completed but |

his widow and three of the 10 chil-
dren lived there for decades.
It’s in the Rockland area, on

Joan Cr. (named for Joan

Dunsmuir’), near where Fort St.

_ joins Yates Si. (gela rap). ty s

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open approximately the same hours’

as the museum and admission ts $4
for adults. Worth it. :
Suill onthe track of historic:
homes, we had two more disap.
poiniments.
| particularly waited to see
Poiat Ellice House, 2616 Pleasant

_- by mid-May. 99.

Street. Look for the very y last

turnoff on Bay. St. before you cross

the bridge into Esquimalt.” .
This home dates to 1858 and
remained intact, and in the family,
“-wntil deeded to the province, It’s
~B.C.'s most complete collection of
Victoriana in its original setling. -.

~ This home, like Helmecken House, :

_is only open during the summer —
* from June 1, Upresume. Rats!

-And, we gat the same badnews

+, When we turned off the Island. .
«Highway atAdmirals Road to visit
.,Craigflower Farmhouse, :
*, This home is even older. -< ~ built

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& North Shore
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hwhile for tea, treasures —

1853-56 and was one of the original | '
farms built to feed the Hudson’s
Bay Co. Not only was the house »
closed but the shades were drawn

" so window pecking didn't work,

Oh, well — back next summer...
—~ at least we know where to look.
Craigflower i is just a short jaunt of,

the highway at. a
WOE: Admirals Rd. and:
- Craigflower St. and i is
well marked. :
‘Our last stop of ihe » ;
day was at Whippletree ~-
Village, right on the .
highway near Duncan. :
[has the usual touristy
«| Shops but it’s well
worth a stop if you're
interested in antique
restoration. <7...”
The Whippletree Restoration.
Co. is nothing but a workshop but
“they have some’ ‘lovely pieces — --
pricey! The doors and mantels we
saw were well worth a stop::There’s

*.-also a-pine furniture shop worth:

visiting —- they do restoratio
well., ov

Tt was a fine visit to. Victori A
And, Brian got a recipe for the
spray. used by Buckingham’s
. Browsorium; Blackspot and.
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