[Bcma-l] 'Ksan Historical Village & Museum

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All the best, keep your spirits up.

I've never been north of Prince George so looked up your geographic 
position by going to www.maps.google.com  and type in Hazelton BC.    
The google satelite pictures show the rivers and the Yellowhead 
highway.

Adding K'san Village Museum to the search line, links to your museum 
site link appears on the side-- http://www.ksan.org/html/village.htm

When you can, please update the list on the flood and the effects on 
the village.   If you need recovery volunteers, please post a note to 
the list as I would be interested in helping.

Barbara Reed, BFA, MAC, ACA (dipl)









On 31-May-07, at 9:37 AM, bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca wrote:

> Greetings All
> Just to let other museum folks know the predicament here in Hazelton BC
> 'Ksan Village & Museum is in the throws of evacuating the 'Ksan site.  
> All exhibits have been dismantled and packed into semi-trailers.
> Our museum is located at the junction of the Bulkley and Skeena 
> Rivers, two major BC rivers.  The water is rising rapidly now and we 
> have been informed by the Provincial Emergency Preparedness team that 
> this year we are to prepare ourselves for a major flood
> This has/is an enormous undertaking for our small staff.
> I know this could spell financial ruin for our museum.
> There are no funds to assist us in this evacuation, we have to wait to 
> see if any damage occurs and then forward a claim to AON Insurance if 
> this happens.
> Our museum generates all its own operating revenue, there are no core 
> funds, we trust our summer revenue will carry us through each year, 
> albeit barely.
> Last year, we lost $60,000 in revenue due to the BC Ferry 
> disaster...this year, who knows what the outcome will be.
> Laurel Smith Wilson, Executive Director, Curator
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