The Museum at Campbell River contains 6,500 human history artifacts which represent the social and ethnographical history of northern Vancouver Island. The archival collection includes 22,000 photographs as well as maps, journals, letters and documents. The collection area of the Museum at Campbell River includes ethnographical, historical, archaeological and archival material from the northern Vancouver Island area focussing on the area from the Oyster River east to Desolation Sound and north to Rivers Inlet. This includes the off-shore islands, west to Gold River and beyond to the outer coast at Estevan Point and north to the tip of Vancouver Island. One trustee is appointed by the municipality.
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