July 17, 2016, Sunday: Chemainus Murals

Anika's Notes

Left for breakfast at Denny's and the ferry. Stopped at a cool town with lots of murals that we took pictures of. Got to the ferry docks but missed the ferry and had to take the 3:10 one. After the long ferry ride we arrived in Vancouver and headed to a nice hotel called the Pinnacle Hotel. Had dinner at the hotel.

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Early up and pack for our trip to Vancouver. We drove to Chemainus, where Anika was a great guide to the Big Art Murals. We saw some old favorites, and a few new ones.
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Anika in front of The Telephone Company Circa 1915 by Cim MacDonald (1992) Telephone service came to Chemainus in 1908. This Victorian residence served as the telephone exchange for the 30 telephones in the community.
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Anika and Martha in front of Arrival Of The Reindeer In Horseshoe Bay by Sandy Clark and Lea Howard (1983) A First Nations woman contemplates the arrival of HMS Reindeer
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Anika interacts with In Search Of Snipes by Glenn Spucer (1986) Two gullible strangers arrived in Chemainus and locals convinced them it was a perfect night to catch the mythical snipe. Due to irreparable damage the stranger hoding the lamp has been removed and Anika is in his place.
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Chinese Bull Gang by Ernest Marza (1984) Twenty-three men of the Chinese “Bull Gang” struggle to move a huge timber through the lumber yard to a waiting sailing vessel.

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World In Motion by Alan Wylie (1986) Montage depicting historic buildings and street scenes from 1883 to 1939

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Thirty-Three Meter Collage by Frank Lewis, Nancy Lagana, and Paul Marcano (1982) Stevedores at the Chemainus Wharf, and a boom man sorting logs.
Engine #21 rolls off another load of logs into the Chemainus log dump.

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Chemainus Outdoor Gathering by Lurene Haines (2014) The two-segment mural begins on the south side of the Chemainus Seniors’ Center
and culminates with the main scene on the north wall of the centre
— set in the late 1800s — of an outdoor Chemainus town gathering with Mount Brenton in the background.

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Chemainus Harbor 1910 by Colin Williams (1987) Panoramic view of Chemainus in 1910, capturing the colorful memories of the old logging town.

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Memories Of A Chinese Boy by Cheng Chu-Ren (Arthur) assisted by Cheng Ying (2002) This mural honors the town’s Chinese heritage and portrays the store operated by Ning Chang, now the 49th Parallel General Store. Mother Chang gives candy to children
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Native Heritage by Paul Ygartua (1983)
Based on three First Nations figures from
the past and present in this area.

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Emily Carr’s Beloved Trees by Steffen Jünemann (2009) Carr’s paintings, from left to right: Sobreness Sunlit, Mountain Forest, Logger’s Culls, Happiness, and The Red Cedar. Jünemann ingeniously fools the onooker’s eye through his Trompe L’ouil art, showing stairs leading into an imaginary gallery displaying Emily Carr's framed paintings.

Then off to Namaino for the ferry. Once again we neglected to make reservations, because we weren’t sure when we would get there, so we were going to be on stand-by for the 12:10 ferry, with some hopes of making it on the 3:10 ferry, but we made a wrong turn and went 6 miles out of our way to the wrong ferry terminal and by the time we corrected ourselves, the 12:10 ferry had already left and there was a big queue for the 3:10 ferry. We lucked out though, We had some pizza in a cafeteria at the terminal, where Anika bought a toy plush big-eyed zebra called Zoey, whose birthday is supposed to be April 18, and when the ferry boarded we were #6 in the line of cars that weren’t going to be allowed on, but at the last moment the last 9 cars were allowed on, us included!
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Anika and Arthur at the ferry terminal

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leaving Victoria

It was a nice ferry ride, but we had horrible traffic getting into Vancouver from the terminal. We made a bunch of mis-turns, but we finally got checked into the Pinnacle Harborfront Hotel and ate dinner in their café where Anika regaled us with a new puzzle game she invented. She has a great imagination and a very logical mind.