Sechelt Community Archives

Sechelt Community Archives Facinating photographs and documents of historical Sechelt and the Sunshine Coast in general, are to be found in the Sechelt Community Archives.

What a catch! Butch Ono became Fire Chief of the Sechelt Volunteer Fire Department in 1975, but he was also an avid fish...
05/14/2026

What a catch! Butch Ono became Fire Chief of the Sechelt Volunteer Fire Department in 1975, but he was also an avid fisherman and member of the Rod and Gun Club.

For Beachcombers fans, you might recognize this photograph in the background of Molly's Reach! Photo courtesy of the Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives

Check out our display at the Sechelt Public Library to learn about early Japanese Canadians in Sechelt!
05/07/2026

Check out our display at the Sechelt Public Library to learn about early Japanese Canadians in Sechelt!

1910 -- `Fish Catch' Outside Green Cottage. Geoffrey Raine and Laddie Boyle pictured outside Green Cottage which had oth...
04/23/2026

1910 -- `Fish Catch' Outside Green Cottage. Geoffrey Raine and Laddie Boyle pictured outside Green Cottage which had other names over the years such as Killarney, Kwicherkicken and Wit's End. This cottage is still standing on Sechelt's waterfront and is now more than 100 years old. Photograph by Mrs. Julia Pearson courtesy the Helen Dawe Collection.

Join us for the launch of Spirit Rising, the first exhibit in the Japanese Canadian Community Histories Project! This co...
04/16/2026

Join us for the launch of Spirit Rising, the first exhibit in the Japanese Canadian Community Histories Project! This coast-wide exhibit series will feature exhibits at Egmont Heritage Centre, Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society, and pop-ups at Gibsons & District Public Library and Sechelt Public Library x Sechelt Community Archives.🥳 Exhibit Launch - Saturday, April 18 at 11am at Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives.

1930s -- Jiro and daughter Agnes Konishi at their farm. The Konishi family first worked on Bowen Island then came to Sechelt where, in 1912, Jiro (Jimmy) worked for Bert Whitaker while establishing a successful farm with his wife Hannah and four children on the west side of Porpoise Bay. They sold fruit, vegetables and milk door to door and were also involved in the fishing industry on Sechelt Inlet. By 1938 Jimmy was the proprietor of the Settlers' Supply House in Selma Park. He died in 1939 prior to the family being interned during WW11. Jimmy, his wife Hannah, daughters Toshiko and Agnes, and sons Sanji, Seiji and Shoji are buried in St. Hilda's cemetery in Sechelt. Photo courtesy the Helen Dawe Collection.

1920 -- Students outside the West Sechelt School. The school stood on School Road (now Norwest Bay Road) and Winter Road...
04/09/2026

1920 -- Students outside the West Sechelt School. The school stood on School Road (now Norwest Bay Road) and Winter Road. In 1946, it was moved to be beside Sechelt Elementary (on Cowrie St.) and still stands today. Miss Florence Cliff was the school's teacher from 1919-1921.

Photograph by Miss Florence Cliff from the Helen Dawe Collection.

What was once known as Norwest Bay is now called Sargeant Bay.circa 1920s -- postcard for Norwest Bay Lodge, Sechelt B.C...
04/03/2026

What was once known as Norwest Bay is now called Sargeant Bay.

circa 1920s -- postcard for Norwest Bay Lodge, Sechelt B.C. The lodge was located on the waterfront in what is now Sargeant Bay Park. Postcard courtesy Gary Little.

04/02/2026

Sechelt's Norwest Bay Road is named after a bay that now goes by a different name. Which bay was formerly known as Norwest Bay?

We'll post the answer (with a photo) tomorrow.

Sechelt's first mayor was a woman. First elected in 1956, Christine Johnston (pictured here) served for 10 years, raise...
03/27/2026

Sechelt's first mayor was a woman.

First elected in 1956, Christine Johnston (pictured here) served for 10 years, raised four children and ran a business, Chrissie's Variety and Jewelry, on Cowrie St. (in the building which now houses Ann-Lynn Flowers and Gifts ).

Since then, Sechelt has had three more female mayors: Nancy MacLarty, Joyce Kolibas, and Darnelda Siegers.

03/26/2026

Sechelt has had 4, Gibsons 3, and Vancouver, 0.

What am I?

We'll post the answer tomorrow.

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