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Welcome to "The Beat Goes On" Gallery. Select an image to enlarge it and learn more. Enjoy exploring the story of Ladysmith and the music that helped shape our community.
Colour photo of Coast Salish man wearing a traditional Cedar hat, and drumming a ceremonial drum.
Colour photo of two performers with guitars on a stage. Slide show behind them with Scripture.
Two images of the same church building. On the left a black and white photograph taken in 1910 shows a simple rectangular hall. On the right a colour photograph taken in 2022 shows the addition of a rectangular entrance tower and gable-end porch.
Two images of the same building. On the left is a black and white photograph of a simple wooden church hall with double entrance doors, rectangular windows, belfry and ornate brick chimney at the side. On the right is a color photograph of the same building remodelled as a three story private dwelling.
Two colour images side by side. On the left is a side view of a simple two-stepped flat roofed building, On the right is an extensive gable style combination roofed building. The main entrance features a multiple doorway under a prominent arched window with a stained glass depiction of Christ flanked by white doves.
Two images side by side. On the left a black and white photograph of a crowd watching a gable roofed wooden church engulfed in fire with several hoses spraying water on the partially caved in roof. On the right is a color photograph of large modern west coast style church.
Black and white newspaper advertisement for the Annual Dance and Supper of the Finnish Brotherhood to be held in Finn Hall, January 6th 1912.
Map showing Ladysmith Harbour area, land in green and sea in blue with place names in Hul'qumi'num and English translation where available.
Coloured map, green land and blue sea cover southern Vancouver Island and the adjacent mainland. Ladysmith is shown, the boundary between the United States and Canada, following the arc of the 49th Parallel on the mainland, but jogging to the south of Vancouver Island through the Gulf Islands and Juan de Fuca Strait.
Panoramic photograph of early 20th century commercial buildings lining First Avenue in Ladysmith.
Two images side by side. On the left a black and white photograph of a simple wooden hall-like church with double-doored porch on the gable end, four rectangular windows along the side wall, and belfry on the steeply pitched roof near the entrance. On the right a colour photograph of the same building modified by addition of gothic-arched windows and a tin-clad spire over a belfry which is capped by a cross.
Two photographs of canoes racing, one above the other: on top a black and white image of five first nation canoes. Below is a colour photograph showing six canoes. In both photographs the water around the canoes is churned by the intense activity of the paddlers.