Welcome to our blog – Digging Deeper – digging into Cumberland history.
Keep an eye out for monthly articles written by locals about our community history.
About the blogger, Dawn: I don’t have coal dust in my blood but I spent my childhood in a mining town just outside of Sudbury, Ontario, the site of the first-ever Miner’s memorial held in Canada in 1985 My great grandfather, my grandfather and my dad all worked at various times at the nickel mines in the Sudbury Basin. First for Mond Nickel, then later for Inco (now Vale). When I moved to Cumberland with my family in 1992 it was like coming home: same rolling hills (just a bit taller), with warmer winters and fewer mosquitoes.
Strangers In A Strange Land
Imagine two journeys in the early 1900s: The first starts in a mining town in England where recruiters from Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd are trying
Up the Lake
In 1880 Comox Lake is a beautiful wilderness lake teeming with fish: rainbow and cutthroat trout, char, dolly varden (aka mud sharks), kokanee. coast range
Fire Fire Fire
Authored by Dawn Copeman Early history of Cumberland It starts with wood. And coal. The forest extends beyond history, beyond memory. Deer and other game
Tragedy Befalls the Community
Authored by Dawn Copeman I walk past the No.6 mine cairn daily on my way into the forest with my dog. Back when the site
Cumberland Museum and Archives Wins Governor General’s History Award for Ginger Goodwin Celebration
The Cumberland Museum and Archives has been announced as the winner of the 2019 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Community Programming. The award
Pacific Northwest Labour History Conference
The Cumberland Museum is pleased to be co-hosting the 2014 Pacific Northwest Labour History Association (PNLHA) Conference in conjunction with the 29th anniversary of Miners’ Memorial Weekend, June 12-15 2014.