The Rossland Museum Speaker Series continues with Ron Dennett presenting “Murphy Creek Headwaters Plane Crash: Tragedy in the Rossland Range.”
On Oct. 18, 1947, a Royal Canadian Air Force plane carrying nine people, seven RCAF crew members and two civilians, crashed near Mount Plewman in the Rossland Range.
There were no survivors. Five years later, in October of 1952, Wilf Gibbard came across the remnants of the plane. Much of the story of that fateful flight remains a mystery.
Ron Dennett, a RMDC volunteer and researcher, has been digging into this story for many years now and will share a special presentation about this fatal crash and the discovery of the wreckage at the Museum on Thursday, March 30th, at 6 p.m. Learn more: www.rosslandmuseum.ca/news/ron-dennett-2023.
Contact Skylar at community@rosslandmuseum.ca or 250-362-7722 for more information.
Easter Egg Hunt: Snow is on the ground but spring is in the air, and that means it’s almost time for our annual Easter Egg Hunt!
Come up to the Museum on Saturday, April 8 to join in the hunt, try your hand at a classic egg-and-spoon race, bunny-hop your way through a sack race, and more.
The Egg Hunts start at 10:30 and 11:30 a.m., 1:30, and 2:30 p.m. Entry is by donation.
This event is supported in part by Columbia Basin Trust. Learn more: https://www.rosslandmuseum.ca/news/easter-2023.