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SUMMARY:Princess Royal Day 161st Anniversary
URL:http://www.harbourliving.ca/event/princess-royal-day-161st-anniversary/
LOCATION:Nanaimo Bastion :: Bastion Street Nanaimo, 
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:<p>This November marks the 161th anniversary of the arrival of the Princess Royal settlers in Nanaimo.&nbsp; The Nanaimo Museum is hosting the annual Princess Royal ceremony at the Bastion on Friday, November 27 at 11:00.&nbsp; The public is welcome to attend the ceremony and hear the names of people who arrived on the Princess Royal in 1854.<br /><br />The Princess Royal ceremony started in 1954 and is a long standing community tradition.&nbsp; The ceremony attracts descendents of the 1854 Princess Royal passengers, including many who still live in the Nanaimo area.&nbsp; &ldquo;This event is an opportunity to bring together families that have been connected for over 160 years,&rdquo; says Debbie Trueman, General Manager of the Nanaimo Museum.&nbsp; &ldquo;Many of them attend the event annually and bring the younger generation to learn about their family&rsquo;s heritage.&rdquo;<br /><br />The history of the Princess Royal dates to the era when Vancouver Island was a colony, before the province of British Columbia was created.&nbsp; There were 24 coal miners and their families on the Princess Royal sailing ship in 1854.&nbsp; The miners were recruited by the Hudson&rsquo;s Bay Company for their new mining operation in Nanaimo.&nbsp; They were encouraged to bring families in an effort to establish a settlement.&nbsp; There were settlers already established in Nanaimo when the Princess Royal passengers arrived.<br /><br />Members of the community are invited to the ceremony at the Bastion on Friday, November 27 at 11:00.&nbsp; The Bastion bell will be rung and the names of the families will be called by descendents of the original passengers.<br /><br />Hours of operation are Monday to Saturday from 10am to 5pm.&nbsp; The Nanaimo Museum is located in the Vancouver Island Conference Centre, on Commercial Street next to Serious Coffee.&nbsp; For more information, please contact the museum at (250) 753-1821 or visit www.nanaimomuseum.ca&nbsp; </p>
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