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The Alberni Agricultural Association, also known as the Alberni Agricultural and Industrial Association, was founded at the turn of the century to support agricultural interests and sponsor local fairs.

Alberni Board of Trade
Corporate body · ca. 1908-

The Alberni Board of Trade was established ca. 1908 to represent the interests of businessmen and other residents of the Alberni Valley.

Corporate body · 1952-

The Alberni District Canadian Club was affiliated with the Association of Canadian Clubs and was established in 1952. The club was a forum for discussion of national issues.

Corporate body · 1928-

The Alberni District Cooperative Association was incorporated in 1928 as an agricultural cooperative society. It later established a general store.

Alberni District Teen Town
Corporate body

The Alberni District Teen Town was a youth group that served the Alberni Valley.

Alberni Farmers' Institute
Corporate body

The Alberni Farmers' Institute represented farmers and agricultural interests in the Alberni Valley.

Corporate body · 1891-1973?

The Alberni Indian Residential School was opened as a Day School by the Presbyterian Rev. J.A. MacDonald in 1891. MacDonald's sister was able to interest the Presbyterian Woman's Missionary Society in the need for a larger school, and the new school soon became a boarding school with 50 pupils under the Presbyterian W.M.S., with Miss Elizabeth Lister as its first matron and a Mr. McKee as the teacher. H.B. Currie was Principal when the school burned down in 1917, and continued in that post when the new building, paid for by the government, was opened in 1920. Management of the school was passed to the United Church Woman's Missionary Society with church union in 1925. F.E. Pitts was appointed Principal in 1927, and remained with the school until after R.C. Scott was appointed Principal of the school in late 1939, succeeded by A.F. Caldwell in 1944. Also in 1944, two new classroom blocks and the senior residence, later Peake Hall, were built on the site, and responsibility for hiring teachers was passed to the federal government. Caldwell was succeeded by John Dennys in 1958, and J.A. Andrews in 1962. In 1969, the federal government took over full responsibility for the management of the school.

Corporate body

The Alberni Pacific Lumber Company of Port Alberni operated one of the oldest sawmills in the Alberni Valley. Its logging railway service was operated by a subsidiary, the Alberni Pacific Transport Company. The operations of the Alberni Pacific Lumber Company later became the Alberni Pacific Division of MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.

Corporate body

The Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce represents the interests of businessmen in the Alberni Valley. It was earlier known as the Alberni Board of Trade.

Corporate body · 1946-

Boy Scouts were first organized in the Alberni Valley in 1912 with a troop in Alberni and Port Alberni. The Alberni Valley District Boy Scouts Association was formed in 1946.

Alberni Valley Rescue Squad
Corporate body · 1956-

The Alberni Valley Rescue Squad was formed in 1956 to coordinate search and rescue operations for persons lost in the woods and mountains of the area.

Corporate body · 2001-

Alberni Valley United Church formed as a result of an amalgamation of St. Andrew's and First United Churches (Port Alberni, B.C.) In June, 2001, First and St. Andrew's became one pastoral charge known as Alberni Valley United Church. They maintained the two congregations until they were physically amalgamated in the former First United Church building in April, 2002.

Albert Atkinson
DCA028 · Person

Albert L. Atkinson joined Douglas College in 1982 as Director, Student Services & Developmental Education. In 1989, he became the Dean of Educational and Student Services, a position he held until 1995, when he was appointed Vice-President, Educational Services. Atkinson was in this role until his retirement in 2004. Atkinson was a member of the Douglas College Foundation (1991) and the Education Council (1994-1995, 1997-1999).

During his 32 years of service at Douglas, Atkinson championed the needs of students with disabilities or who face barriers to education and employment. As such, a bursary was established in his name at the time of his retirement for students engaged in Vocational Education and Skills Training, or VEST, (formerly known as Adult Special Education) programs.