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From 1844 until 1911 the Old Songhees Reserve, which included an extensive Lukwungen village, was located across Victoria harbour from the Thunderbird Park site. It was a gathering place for First Nations visitors from up and down the coast who came for many reasons: to participate in memorial, marriage, gift-giving and naming ceremonies; to trade goods; and to work for wages in the growing city of Victoria. |
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The landscape that is now Thunderbird Park can be seen in the centre background of this photograph of the Old Songhees Reserve, taken in 1860. It is part of a panorama view photographed by Arthur Vipond. RBCM: PN8954 |
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The Thunderbird Park site is located at the top right, above the James Bay Bridge, in this 1870s view from the Old Songhees Reserve. James Bay was later filled in; the location of the bridge is now Government Street in front of the Empress Hotel. RBCM: PN530 |
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Songhees Chief James Sqwameyuks was born around 1797 and died at the Old Songhees Reserve on September 12, 1892. This image of Chief Sqwameyuks was taken by Frederick Dally ca 1866-68. RBCM: PN4816 |
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Songhees people posed for Frederick Dally in his Victoria photographic studio in the 1860s. The woman at the right is the sister of Songhees Chief James Sqwameyuks. BC Archives: F-08294 |
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The sister of Chief James Sqwameyuks poses for photographer Frederick Dally in his Victoria studio in the 1860s. BC Archives: F-08291 |
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Songhees Chief Michael Cooper was born in 1864 and died in 1936. From 1892 to 1911, he played a prominent role in relocating the Old Songhees Reserve. BC Archives: G-08917 |
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Songhees Band Councillors photographed during the ceremony to move the Old Songhees Reserve from Victoria harbour to Esquimalt in 1911. RBCM: PN6878 |
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An unidentified man photographed on the Old Songhees Reserve ca 1910-11. RBCM: PN6887 |
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An unidentified woman photographed on the Old Songhees Reserve near the Johnston Street Bridge. RBCM: PN8860 |
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