A display titled 'Girl Guide Camp - Milne's Landing'.
The display as mounted shows facsimile prints of photos from the early years of Girl Guide camping at Milne's Landing campsite near Sooke. The dated items span 1924-1952. The photos demonstrate the contrast between the formality of full uniform at camp and a regimented structure of camp activities, and the fun, friendship and informal feeling of living (and cooking) outdoors. The tents have changed, dress is more relaxed, and we may seldom catch and gut our own fish from a tenting site, but the feeling of Guide camp is much the same!
There is no indication on this display of
- the sources or photographer credits for the photos (which are facsimile prints), and ownership/copyright in the originals
- whether the original photos are in the SVI archive, and if so, their reference numbers
- sources and credits for the captions
- the person who created the display
- the date and event for which the display was created
If we find more information as we continue to work on the archives, we'll update here. If you are able to share any of this information with us, please let us know!
Miss Mara, Mrs Leighton, Mrs Kinloch [at camp], 1924
Three Guide leaders in full uniform standing in line, with a large ?bell tent and tall evergreens in the background.
Miss Denny at a Guiders' Training Week, 1924
Miss Leighton at Camp at Saseenos [= Milne's Landing, Sooke], 1925.
The mode of transport to camp for Guides and baggage [: a motor truck with open high-sided bed]. All Guides were needed to push the truck up some of the hills on the Sooke Road.
A side view of the truck: 'GM Moody Transfer. Phone 2438'.
Sooke River Flats Camp: a row of bell tents. No date.
A notice about a 1952 camp at Milne's Landing, from an unidentified local newspaper: 'About 50 Girl Guides of Oak Bay East District Company are enjoying 10 days at camp at Milne's Landing. From early morning until dusk the camp is a scene of great activity. The guides to their own cooking, washing up and other chores. Nature study, swimming and hiking are all on the camp routine. Mrs Mary MacDougall is camp commandant. Visitors will be welcome at the camp this Saturday at 3pm.' Undated, annotated 1952.
Mrs Foster and Mrs Hall at Milne's Landing filleting fish, 1945.
Photo of a young woman in camp uniform, sitting on the ground beside a campfire, stirring a pot and minding a pan over the fire. No caption, date or identification.
* Some of these photos show Guide camps at Milne's Landing nearly 100 years ago. What looks different to you from camping experiences you might have at Milne's Landing nowadays? What looks familiar? Think about tents, cooking equipment, clothing, activities, nature.
The photos and captions from this display have been filed with the Milne's Landing material in the archives.
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