Murray Shoolbraid 1931 – 2020 Writer, folklorist, musician, teacher, Independent Scholar, husband, father, colleague, and friend Loved by all with whom he came in contact. George Murray Haining … Continue reading
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This excellent song, Where the Coho Flash Silver (All Over the Bay), was written by Lloyd Arntzen. It is being sung here by the Vancouver Island folk group Virgo Rising. Duration: 4 min. 24 sec. Written by Lloyd Arntzen, this … Continue reading
Art de Graaf May 9th 1933 — July 3rd 2002 Occasionally folklore fieldwork manuals advise the reader that he or she may become socially attached to their informants. This partly depends on one’s approach to the informant in the first … Continue reading
Home, Dear, Home is unquestionably one of the most beautiful of all our British Columbia folksongs. It was written by John Lyon of North Vancouver and we are extremely happy to be able to present his recording of it, together … Continue reading
The Oda G was written by Stan Triggs and is sung here by him. He recorded it on his 1961 Folkways LP Bunkhouse and Forecastle Ballads of the Northwest (FG3569). In the LP’s liner notes Stan says: “This is one … Continue reading
Bacca Pipes The Morris tune Bacca Pipes is being played here by Dr. Kenworthy Schofield on the Pipe and Tabor. The name “bacca” is short for tobacco and the pipe referred to is the long, fragile, clay, churchwarden pipe. Duration: … Continue reading
The following story is from Robert C. Belyk’s book Ghosts II: More True Stories from British Columbia. (Victoria: Horsdal and Schubart, 1997). The Phantom of Highway 1 In the spring of 1975, John and Janice Bradley left Vancouver to visit … Continue reading
WANTED: This page is a new addition to the Society’s website. We would like to include local legends from all around British Columbia and readers are invited to submit tales from their region. Please send them to us at info@folklore.bc.ca, or … Continue reading
Ogopogo: Although this name for the lake monster was first coined in, 1912, a creature in Okanagan Lake has existed in local Indian legend for centuries. It was by them called N’ha-a-itk orNaitaka, Sacred Creature of the Water. Later they called it Lake … Continue reading