Along the E&N: A Journey Back to the Historic Hotels of Vancouver Island

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Thursday, May 9th, 2019
7:30 PM to 9:00 PM

Get on board for the Nanaimo Historical Society where author Glen Mofford presents his latest book, Along the E&N: A Journey Back to the Historical Hotels of Vancouver Island.

Along the E&N reminisces about past – and surviving – historic hotels and resorts that sprung up near the tracks of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway (E&N), laid along the east side of the Island from Esquimalt northward through Nanaimo and up to its eventual terminus in Courtenay-Comox.

Years of northward expansion and development up the Island’s east coast followed the construction of the E&N rail service, opened in 1986. Glen Mofford chronicles the provenances of more than 30 hotels linked by the railway as well as unfolding stories of their proprietors, patrons, and guests across decades of Vancouver Island history – with a few of these hotels’ stories stretching to the present and still unfinished.

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About our speaker:

Glen Mofford has a passion for the social history of British Columbia. He is also a member of the Nanaimo Historical Society having recently moved to Nanaimo from Port Alberni. Tonight will be his second turn at our podium. His first appearance was in September 2016 after the release of his book, Aqua Vitae: A History of the Saloons and Hotel Bars of Victoria.