Today, I went to the Courtenay Museum. It's a really great little museum, with a mix of ancient fossils, First Nation history and the early settler history of the Comox Valley.
So, a bit of information about the history of Vancouver Island and of the valley and the town (
all the information and pictures gathered by me from the Courtenay Museum).
Vancouver Island is about 400 million years old and was formed through through the volcanic and tectonic actions of shifting crustal plates. Fossils of prehistoric life have been found all over the island, including in the Comox Valley area which jas provided scientific knowledge as well as a tourism base.
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| Some of the fossils in the museum. On the right is an Iguanodon, the center is a Chasmasaurus and the left is a Gryposaurus Notabalis. |
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Some of the other fossils at the museum.
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The Comox Valley has been inhabited for more than 4000 years. The name K'omoks means 'Plenty' so that area is literally the Land of Plenty. Further information about the K'omoks First Nation can be viewed on another of my pages.
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K'omoks First Nations people circa 1903
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| Names of the people in the 1903 photograph |
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Decorated Big House Front by artist Andy Everson
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| The explanation about the previous picture, described by the artist. |
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Mammal Lakilla. Bear and wolf masks. Carved by Dick Joseph. |
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