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

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

Hello Elizabeth,

ArtCraft in Port Coquitlam is a local company that produces museum-quality
interpretive signs for both indoor and outdoor installation.
www.artcraftgraphics.com/

Best of luck!

Cass Sclauzero
Administrative Assistant

*The Port Coquitlam Heritage and Cultural Society*
150 - 2248 McAllister Ave
Port Coquitlam BC  V3C 2A5
604-927-8403| info at pocoheritage.org|www.pocoheritage.org



On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 1:01 PM, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <
bcma at lists.vifa.ca> wrote:

> 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.)
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> I can be reached at ehunter at quesnel.ca
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> 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.
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> Thank you.
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> Elizabeth Hunter
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> Museum & Heritage Manager
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> Quesnel & District Museum And Archives
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> 705 Carson Ave.
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> Quesnel BC  V2J 2B6
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> 250-992-9580
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> www.quesnelmuseum.ca
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