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2012 Vancouver Branch Meetings

This is an archive page of meetings from a previous year. Click here for the most current information.

  2012 Meetings Archive

Tuesday, Jan. 17
7:30pm

Vancouver Branch Annual General Meeting
The AGM will be followed by "2011, A Year in Review" - Linda Nygard's annual slide show extraordinare.

Tuesday, Feb. 21
7:30pm

“Keeping up with the Joneses- An African Canadian family”
Roger Jones, the Ability Guy.

Thursday, Mar. 22
7:30pm

Field Trip
Museum of Vancouver Planetarium (1100 Chestnut St, Vancouver, BC, V6J3J9); Vancouver Historical Society Presents:
“Creating Chuck's Capstone: Publishing Chuck Davis's History of Metropolitan Vancouver”
Speaker: Howard White

Tuesday, Apr. 17
7:30pm

“Daily Life of a Fur Trapper”
Gordon MacIntosh, Re-enactor of Fur Brigade Days, Fort Langley, BC

Tuesday, May 15
7:30pm

"Perils of the Sapper: Life in the Royal Engineers"
Tim Watkins, Maple Ridge, BC

Jun. 7-11
2012

UELAC CONFERENCE — Winnipeg, MA
No Regular Meeting

July – August (summer break)

Monday, Aug. 6
(B.C. Heritage Day)
11:30am

Fur Brigade Days Picnic at Fort Langley, BC
Dress in your finest Loyalist period clothing and attend this great outdoor Celebration.
[Don't miss the arrival of the brigades on the Fraser River on Monday at 1:00pm and the FREE Concert as part of the Picnic in the Fort

Tuesday, Sept. 18
7:30pm

A Night At the Movies: The War of 1812, parts I & II (National Film Board of Canada Series)
Part I: "When I meet My Doom..."
Part II: "Or Leave Our Bones Upon Them..."
Bring your cushion and favourite blankie and curl up with our popcorn and treats.

Saturday, Oct. 13
2012

Fall Fleet Celebrations (No Regular Meeting)
80th Anniversary Celebrations — Royal Vancouver Yacht Club (3811 Point Grey Road, Vancouver)

Sunday, Nov. 11
10:00am

Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day Parade & Wreath Laying (Luncheon to follow)

Tuesday, Nov. 20
7:30pm

A Night At the Movies: The War of 1812, parts III & IV (National Film Board of Canada Series)
Part III: "So Awful a Night..."
Part IV: "The Rockets' Red Glare..."
Bring your cushion and favourite blankie and curl up with our popcorn and treats.

Sunday, Dec. 9
1:00pm

Christmas Social (Home of Linda & George Drake)
Invite your family and friends and bring a sweet or a savoury item to our annual Christmas Social 1:00pm. Date, time and directions will be distributed at our November meeting along with a signup sheet for sweets and savouries. Info by email will follow.