[BCMA] Recommendations for outdoor interpretive signs and seeking a Quesnel Pennant

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

The Quesnel Museum is currently overseeing the reconstruction of the Cornish waterwheel,  which was erected  as a memorial to the pioneer miners of the region in  1930 on Front Street ( Hwy 97) next to the first bridge across the Fraser River at Quesnel .  The funding for the project will also enable us to install new interpretive signs for the water wheel (and hopefully for the boiler from the Enterprise, the first steamship on the upper Fraser.)

We would like to upgrade from our existing Riverfront trail signage, so would like to find a supplier using a product which would incorporate good photographic reproduction  with uv protection  and  a surface resistant to vandalism/ graffiti such as embedded fiberglass, fused polycarbon or sunglazed enamel.    So far I have found suppliers in Ontario and the U.S.  I am hoping the list serve will come through with some recommendations of more local suppliers.

We wish to acknowledge the financial support of Canadian Heritage, Building Communities through Arts and Heritage Program; Heritage BC,  Heritage Legacy Fund; The Quesnel Community Foundation; Integris Credit Union; The Friends of the Quesnel Museum and the City of Quesnel.

I can be reached at ehunter at quesnel.ca<mailto:ehunter at quesnel.ca>

As a related inquiry, we are working on a small exhibit about the advocacy for a route to Alaska and the development of tourism based on the automobile.  ( The sites of historic interest including the Telegraph Carin and Water wheel in Quesnel were erected in the 30s  as part of this movement).  We are seeking a pennant from Quesnel for the exhibit.  If any of you have one in your collection which you would be willing to loan or transfer we would be most grateful.

Thank you.


Elizabeth Hunter
Museum & Heritage Manager
Quesnel & District Museum And Archives
705 Carson Ave.
Quesnel BC  V2J 2B6
250-992-9580
www.quesnelmuseum.ca

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