My friend and I were getting sushi at Shawnigan Jen's and we decided instead of waiting in the car, we would take a look at the museum across the street...it had been years since the both of us had been there, do NOT let the exterior fool you, it is HUGE inside and even has a movie theatre with cool old movies for you to watch with history about Shawnigan etc...
Informative museum host/employee, told us alot of things we did not know, and the museum is by donation, by the way, which is nice.
We spent only 20 minutes in there and got 1/4 of the way through the exhibits...we are going back for sure...it closes at 4, but if you have kids, this is an interesting place to check out!
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I stay at Shawnigan Lake ever year, and every year I take a visit to the Shawnigan Lake Museum, which just keeps getting better. The relatively small building is packed with information and displays and interesting historical artifacts. I particularly liked the old general store, with all of its vintage paraphernalia.