Veterans and their families talk about their experiences.

Charlie Gant published the Tillikum and the Beachcomber on Guemes Island over 100 years ago! We’ve scanned the copies in our collection, read them here!

Lots of different designs on the theme of Guemes have been printed over the years! Click the image above to view our collection. If you have one that’s not shown, contact us!

We saved some posters from the Woodchopper’s Ball events in past years, click the image above to open them.

Win Anderson published the Evening Star from 1995-2009, and it was followed by Edith Walden’s Guemes Tide from 2010-2916. The full sets of these papers are online here.

The Environmental Trust pubished a newletter from 1989-1996 as they struggled with limiting growth and its impacts. Much of what we love most about Guemes today was due the their work to preserve so much of the island beauty.

The Sixties Smelter Saga

The Sixties Smelter Saga! How the island was saved in ’66, in original documents and newspaper clippings. With a cameo appearance by none other than John Ehrlichman. Also, see our YouTube channel for documentary footage.