Haig-Brown Festival
Sunday, September 22 from 11am to 3pm In celebration of World Rivers Day, the Museum at Campbell River presents the Haig-Brown Festival on September 22. This community event pays tribute to the lasting impact of Roderick Haig-Brown and Ann Elmore,
2024 Haig-Brown Memorial Lecture with Karolyn Smardz Frost
Saturday, March 23 – 1:00pm. By popular demand, Karolyn Smardz Frost will be hosting a second Haig-Brown Memorial Lecture this year on March 23. In this talk, Karolyn will be highlighting BC’s Black Pioneers. About the Lecture Starting in 1858 more
2023/2024 Writer in Residence ~ Karolyn Smardz Frost
An award-winning author, Karolyn Smardz Frost is the only archaeologist in Canada holding a PhD in Race, Slavery and Imperialism. She is an adjunct professor at both Acadia University and Dalhousie Universities in Nova Scotia, where she and her husband
Meet Marjorie, our site host
Most days still, I have to pinch myself to make sure that I am not dreaming and that I actually get to stay here at the Haig-Brown House. I often have to catch my breath coming into the magnificent driveway
2022/2023 Writer in Residence, Andrea Routley
The Museum welcomed Andrea Routley to the Haig-Brown House as the Writer in Residence for the 2022/2023 season. Andrea Routley is a writer and editor from BC’s South Coast. Her work has appeared in literary magazines, such as Geist and The Fiddlehead Review,
2021 Haig-Brown Memorial Lecture
The 2021 Haig-Brown Lecture will feature Dr. Suzanne Simard, a world leading forest ecologist. Dr. Simard will address the complexity of our forest ecosystem and base her talk on her bestselling book “Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of
Charming details
One of the wonderful things about heritage houses is they have little stories to tell at every corner. The Haig-Brown House is no exception. Exploring the house you will see all sorts of wonderful details. Recently Bluetree Photography was at
Finding the Good Life
Roderick Haig-Brown lived with his wife Ann and their four children in a modest farmhouse on the banks of the Campbell River. Roderick was a writer and magistrate, as well as a respected advocate for the environment and social justice.
Greta Hamilton – Writing is a Social Life
I paraphrase Chilean poet and conceptual artist Cecilia Vicuña, who says, writing is a social life. Receding into the privacy of a quiet study in a small town to work on a story, is in some ways antithetical to writing
Ode to Rhubarb
One of the silver linings of the 2020 pandemic was that I got to mind the Haig-Brown House through all of the seasons. Typically the site manager skidaddles to make room for the writer in residence between November and April,
