History

Malcolm Swanson on March 10th, 2010

After classes today, we visited Founders’ Park [website]… a historical site where many of the old buildings from Nelson have been moved and preserved. The students all performed a quiz while Gertrude and I tested the produce from the on-site brewery

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Malcolm Swanson on March 4th, 2010

Today (and tomorrow), we split into 2 groups. The Year 1 students went indoor rock climbing while the Year 2 students did a cycling tour of Stoke – a suburb of Nelson. The cyclists had a chance to visit some of Nelson’s original historic buildings – both over 170 years old!

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Malcolm Swanson on August 27th, 2009

This morning we had our first visit to Nanaimo Museum. We were given a photo presentation about the history of Nanaimo and then we had a wander through downtown. We’re going to return there tomorrow for a tour of the museum and a visit to the Bastion… one of the oldest buildings in Canada.
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