Members of VEMRA re-enacted the Leechtown Gold-Rush this past weekend.
After the discovery of Gold by the Vancouver Island Expedition, thousands of gold-miners and others made their way to Sooke in the summer of 1864. J.M. Foley, a member of the Expedition posted a notice in the Times Colonist to meet him at a specific location in the Sooke Harbour marked by a white flag with a Maltese Cross for the shortest and best routes to the mines.
VEMRA made the front page of Lookout Newspaper.
The photo was taken on July 9th at the annual open house at CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum. VEMRA came out, once again, in support with our usual array of impressions. The day was perhaps not the greatest in terms of weather, but it still saw over 300 visitors come out. All in all, a pretty good event.
For all the photos from this event, click here.
For a look at the entire newspaper, click here.
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