On July 13, Mini Club Bowen visited the Bowen Island Museum for a tour with the summer co-op students from the University of Victoria, Jenelle Pasiechnik, Heather Muir, and Kate Masri. They started in Higgins Cabin, where Heather greeted them in the kitchen, acting as a logger's wife from 60 years ago. The kids saw the old washing machine, the gas lamp, and the toy mouse and cat that now inhabit the cabin. Next, they pretended to put on their loggers' harnesses and cut down a tree with an imaginary double-handled saw that was twice their size. In the museum, Jenelle told the story of Mr. Tommy White and the Sannie boat that brought groceries and mail to the island before the car ferry, and explained how cranes were used to lift the first cars off of the ferry onto the island. The climax of the tour was the introduction of the Black Ball, the first car ferry to Bowen, and how it changed the island's culture.
The kids were asked, "how much do you think you paid for a ferry ticket 50 years ago?" and were surprised by the answer, 90 cents, which they realized "wouldn't even get you on a bus now". After much anticipation, everyone joined in a scavenger hunt to find ferry, car, and sea related prizes.
Everyone said their goodbyes after a photo shoot with paper pirate hats.
