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Texada Island Groups & Organizations

A complete, alphabetical list of community groups and facilities on Texada Island that include the church, school, fire department, health centre, museums, library,and Legion.

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Action Now Community Association, Texada

604 486 6774  Email

2010 Executive Roster

Chairman, Chuck Childress

Vice Chairman, Leslie Goresky

Secretary, Paula Brunells  Email

Treasurer, Judy Stanford

T.A.N. was reincorporated October 31, 2007 with a mandate to maintain and strengthen the integrity of the environmental, social and economic fabric of the Texada Island Community. We are committed to informing Texada residents of events that may affect our environment and to make representation to others on behalf of the community. In order to carry out a series of projects and tasks in opposing the proposal by WestPac LNG Corporation, T.A.N. members have formed a number of committees including: Research - Communications - Publications - Government liaison - Networking –Fundraising. All participation is welcome and encouraged.

Arts, Culture and Tourism Society (TACT), Texada

P.O. Box 27, Van Anda, BC V0N 3K0

Bob Timms 604 486 0274  Email

Anyone interested in the arts, culture or tourism on Texada Island is invited to become involved in TACT. Memberships start at $10.00 for individuals and $25.00 for businesses. A business membership includes brochure racking space at the visitors centre at Blubber Bay, a link on the TACT and one web page for those businesses that do not have one.

Blubber Bay Museum, Thacker House, Texada Island

Behind the Gallery in Blubber Bay
Historical Society, Museums and Archives

PO Box 53, Van Anda, V0N 3K0  Email

Doug Paton, Curator  604 486 7109
Hours: 11- 3 Thu thru Sun July and August only; other times by arrangement with the curator

Boat Club, Texada

Maurice Brunelle, President  604 486 6774

Greg Mcmahon, Vice-President

Paula Brunelle, Secretary

Sheridan Kristofferson, Treasurer

The boat club lies safe and secure ringed by steep treed bluffs and a mammoth rock breakwater. The dream of a viable community Boat Club started in the 60’s by forward thinking Islanders has become a reality through the dedicated hard work of club members, the generosity of local landowners and the quarries and especially through community support throughout its history.  Volunteer work parties are the backbone of the Club’s expansion, which now extends to over 500 feet of docks, including substantial transient moorage for the accommodation of visitor boats, all which generates income for the Club. Membership is open to residents who reside full time on Texada.

Chamber of Commerce, Texada Island

PO Box 249, Van Anda, V0N 3K0

Linda Bruhn, President  604 486 6760  Email

Elayne Boloten, Secretary  604 486 7457  Email

The Texada Chamber of Commerce is an association of business owners and individual members whose aim is to improve business and the community on the Island. Minimal membership fees for individuals or businesses,

Meetings: Dinner Van Anda Legion last Friday every 2nd month September thru May

Dart League, Texada

Tonya Cunningham   604 486 7162

Players 19 and older

Tue 7:30 pm, Texada Legion September – April

Wed 7:30 pm, Old Age Pensioners Organization Old Gillies Bay School (aka Seniors’ Centre) Peggy Atkinson   604 486 7549

Fire Departments (Volunteer), Texada Island

Aaron Mitchell, Van Anda Fire Chief  604 486 6977

Ken Taylor, Acting Fire Chief, Gillies Bay  604 486 0121

Van Anda, Gillies Bay and the surrounding areas are protected by two volunteer fire departments. The two groups routinely work together to defend us against the fires that break out on our island. Both departments are members of the Volunteer Fire Fighters' Association of British Columbia. The fire departments are responsible for issuing burning permits and also informing the public of fire bans during the fire season.  If you are interested in volunteering for either fire department or would like more information, please call either fire chief.

Garden Club, Texada

Cheryl Nyl  486 7327

All gardeners are welcome to join the Texada Garden Club. For our last meeting in June we have an outdoor potluck. Our meetings are informative and fun

Meetings: 3rd Tuesday of each month 7 pm, Seniors Centre in the Old School in Gillies Bay (September to June)

Health Centre, Texada Island

Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

2603 Sanderson, Gillies Bay V0N 1W0

604 486 7525   Fax: 604 483 7374

After Hours: emergency:   604 483 6353

Maureen Northrup, Registered Nurse

Doctor’s office and emergency medical services for Texada Island.  

Hours: 9 - 4:30 Monday – Thursday

There are no on-call services after 3:00 pm on Friday until 9:00 am on Monday. Please call 911.

Heritage Society, Texada

Historical Society, Museums and Archives

PO Box 53, Van Anda, V0N 3K0  Email

Doug Paton, Curator  604 486 7109

Ken Barton, President  604 486 0044

Peter Kenny, Vice President  604 486 0297

Gail Kirk-Dobrostanski, Secretary  604 486 0334

Pete Stiles, Treasurer and Correspondence Secretary  604 486 7425

The Texada Island Heritage Society is a registered non-profit society able to give tax receipts for donations and apply for “grant” monies. Texada Museum buildings are now found in one of the last Townsite houses behind the Gallery in Blubber Bay and in the old elementary wing of the Texada School in Van Anda.  The museum keeps regular hours during the summer and will open for special occasions other times.

Meetings: every other month September to June at the Seniors Centre in Gillies Bay.

Yearly Membership: $10 for a single and $15 for a family.

Library, Texada

Old School at Gillies Bay

604 486 6728

John Wood, Coordinator 604 486 7511 (weekdays)

The Texada Library is a volunteer-staffed community library that maintains a permanent collection of donated and purchased fiction, non-fiction and reference books, plus videos, CD’s, DVD’s and books-on-tape. Special collections include children's fiction and local history.

Any resident or visitor to Texada Island may borrow circulating Library materials. Free Internet access is provided at the Texada Library with the assistance of the Powell River Regional District.  Access is via satellite and includes Wi-Fi, which is available in the parking lot even if our Library is closed.

Hours: Mon 12:30-2:30; Tue 5-7; Wed 12–2; Thu 7–9; Fri 12-2; Sat 11–1;
Sunday 12 to 2 when Farmers Market is open
Hours could change depending on people’s requirements.

Needlework Guild, Texada Island

Phyllis Mason  486-6707

Texada Island Needlework Guild is a newly formed chapter of the Embroidery Association of Canada. Together we share our skills and learn new techniques in a friendly and welcoming atmosphere and indulge guilt-free in the stitching we love to do.

Meetings: 12- 3 pm, 2nd Sunday of every month at the Old School in Gillies Bay

Police Based Victim Services (PBVS), Texada Island

Christine Schrieber Coordinator   604 485 3415  Fax: 604 485 3417

Police-Based Victims Services provides direct support services to crime and trauma victims and witnesses. Some of the services provided are:  Crisis intervention support, emotional support and information about a victim's specific case, including police file and court file updates. Practical assistance is offered including safety planning, assistance in completing Victim Impact Statements and applications for the Crime Victim Assistance Program; orientation to the criminal justice system and witness preparation. There is accompaniment or the facilitation of accompaniment, to meetings with police, Crown Counsel or court.   Referrals are made to appropriate community agencies such as counseling.

Recreation Commission, Texada Island

Dale Poulin, Chairman 604 4867146

Brenda Campbell, Facilities Manager

Jane Waterman, Treasurer

Shelly Thompson, Secretary

Thanks to volunteer efforts and our Island’s industrial past we have a relatively large number of recreational facilities that we manage. These include the Texada Island Community Hall, the Gillies Bay tennis courts, Smithson Park and the Gillies Bay Ball Field and Farmers Market at Ericson Beach, the Van Anda Cove Property and the Old School Building leased by the Texada Library, the Sandpipers Nursery School and the OAPO.

Restorative Justice Program

Restorative justice is an innovative approach to conflict which brings victims, offenders and the community together in an effort to arrive at a resolution.   Its focus is on problem-solving and offender accountability. The RCMP has chosen to champion one specific process - Community Justice Forums (CJFs) Texada has a dedicated team of trained facilitators. If you are affected by an incident that you feel could be resolved by a Community Justice Forum report it to the local RCMP 604  486 7177.   

Royal Canadian Legion Branch #232, Texada Island

PO Box 173, 2611 Legion Road, Van Anda V0N 3K0

604 486 7750

Fred McElroy, President  604 486 0101  Email

Tom Read, Vice President  604 486 6760  Email

The Texada branch of the Legion received its charter from Legion Dominion Command in 1949. It has operated continuously since then. Starting out in a converted brush pickers’ shed by
Van Anda Creek the Legion moved in 1961 to its present location built primarily by volunteer labour.  

Membership in the Legion is open to all Canadian citizens and landed immigrants over 19 years of age. Our regular annual dues are $40 payable by the end of December with a $5 deduction being given to those who pay by the end of November. Membership applications are available at the Legion Bar. Phone 604 486 7750

Seniors’ Council, Texada

Barb Wells, President  604 486 7677

Dale Rinehart, Vice President  604 486-0050

Anne Carney, Secretary  604 486-7117

Our membership is comprised of seniors, retired persons and other citizens interested in the quality of life of Texada’s aging population. As a formal group we have existed since 1979 as Branch #153 of the BC Old Age Pensioners Organization, but in November 2008, we decided to affiliate instead with a growing, vibrant province-wide Council of Senior Citizens Organizations (COSCO). Membership: open to any adult person 19 years of age or older who has residence in Canada.

Meetings: 1 pm second Wednesday of each month September to June
Seniors Centre in the Old School in Gillies Bay.  

Texada Island Community Society (TICS)

PO Box 233, Van Anda, V0N 3K0

Elayne Boloton, President 604 486 7457

Lynda Schippling, Vice President

Linda Bruhn, Treasurer

Tom Read, Secretary

The general mandate of TICS is to encourage the enhancement of youth and community, support the advancement of education and to assist the needy.

TICS publishes the monthly Express Lines (delivered free to every post office box on the Island), the periodic, Texada Lines, the bi-annual Telephone Directory and the Island’s brochure (contact Elayne Boloten).  

TICS hosts 11 monthly Bingos (1st Friday of each month, September through June, plus Sandcastle Weekend), an annual Holiday Potluck Gala, as well as other activities throughout the year, and offers 2 scholarships each year. TICS is also closely associated with the
Texada Island Food Bank and Christmas Hampers and Sandcastle Weekend.  

Meetings are held 4 times a year: the second Monday of March (AGM), May, September and November.

Texada Stickleback Group

PO Box 353

2402 Van Anda Ave.

Van Anda, BC V0N 3K0

Tim Atwood, Coordinator  604 483 8008  Email

Texada Stickleback Group was formed in 2005 as specified in the “Canadian Species At Risk Act” to preserve and protect the stickleback species pairs of Texada Island.

Texada Trekkers

John Dove   604 486 7100

Hikes: Saturdays year-round,10 am to mid-afternoon. Notice of hikes is posted at Gillies Bay General Store and Van Anda Post Office.

United Church, Texada Island

P.O. Box 23, Gillies Bay   V0N 1W0   Email

Para & Main, Van Anda

Pastor Karen May, BSR, DLM  604 486 7263  Cell: 604 413 0994

Services: Sunday 10:30 am, Van Anda Church

The United Church on Texada has been serving this community for over one hundred years. Marriages, funerals, Christenings, and baptisms are performed right here on the island. Christian education, both adult and for children and youth, has always been a part of our mission.

The first church on Texada Island was built and dedicated in June of 1900, and was named the Texada Presbyterian Church. With church union in 1925 the congregation voted to join the new United Church of Canada – a union of Congregationalist, Methodist, and Presbyterian Churches across Canada.  The name was then changed to Texada Island United Church. Read more…

Van Anda Museum, Texada Island

Old elementary wing of the Texada School in Van Anda
Historical Society, Museums and Archives

PO Box 53, Van Anda, V0N 3K0  Email

Doug Paton, Curator  604 486 7109
Hours: 11- 3 Thu thru Sun July and August only; other times by arrangement with the curator

Women’s Island Network (TWIN), Texada

Linn Rairie  604 486 7468

Pat Wallmer  604 486 6737

We are dedicated to bringing women together from all walks of life so that they may share and support each other s goals and interests, exchange ideas and encourage both learning from their peers and setting a good example for others.  We provide networking and informative discussions on promoting a positive self-image, health, safety and well-being.

Women’s Softball, Texada

Ladies Recreational Softball

Faren Wolfe 604 414 4217  Email

Van Anda Cairn
Historical Site

The cairn with a story to tell....

“Here the Union Steamship Cheslakee docked in the early hours of Jan 7, 1913.

She started out for Powell River but fierce southeast winds made her list...Captain Jack Cockle returned to the wharf and put 90 people ashore, some heroically rescued by himself. The ship sank rapidly, drowning the cook, two loggers, a mother and her child....

read the rest of the story at
Texada Heritage Museum

The United Church on Texada Island has been serving the community for over 100 years. The first church on Texada Island was built and dedicated in June of 1900.

Read more…

Texada United Church
100 years & Counting

Texada Isalnd
Sandcastle Weekend

Held every July - Schedule

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