Victoria History (Bars, Movies and Celebs)

Table of Contents:

• Local Bars Names
• CLOSED Bars Names
• Top 50 Historical Events
• Unknown Bars:
• Honorable Mentions
• Murders / Disappearances
• Notable Movies Filmed
• Famous People
• Celebs Mentioned
• Related Links
• Questions

Previous Names of Local Bars:

Everyone has been invited to a bar, only to realize it was renamed decades earlier, incredibly "dating" themselves. I find it interesting to know all the old names.

Grouped by their address, and sorted by how many times the bar has changed names.

Please let me know if YOU know any of the OLD names for these bars!

Previous Names of CLOSED Local Bars:

Goodbye My Friends

Top 50 BC Historical Events you should know

:

I tried to get a good balance of the Good and the Bad

• 1896 - Point Ellice Bridge CollapseLink
• 1930 - Emily Carr Paints Link
• 1958 - Largest Non-Nuclear Explosion Link
• 1964 - Tsunami- Port Alberni Link
• 1971 - Michelle Remembers- Murders Link
• 1991 - Sealand, Orca Drowns Trainer Link
• 1991 - Kidnap:Michael Dunahee Link
• 1994 - Stanley Cup Riot Link
• 1994 - Common Wealth Games Link
• 1994 - C.W. Pool Drowning (Lorna Barr)Link
• 1997 - Murder: Reena Virk Link
• 1998 - Fast Ferry Scandal Link
• 2003 - Gordon Campbell Impaired_driving Link
• 2008 - Murder: Lindsay Buziak Link
• 2010 - Murder: Kimberly Proctor Link
• 2010 - Winter Olympic Games Link
• 2011 - Stanley Cup Riot Link
• 2013 - Craigflower Bridge Replacement Link
• 2013 - Johnson Street Bridge ReplacementLink
• 2017 - Kaela Mehl Murders Baby Link
• 2023 - Oliver Nicholson Link
• 2021 - Brianna Lozano Link
• 2021 - Jeremy Gordaneer Link

Unknown Bars:

If you know **Specifically** where these bars/pubs were, and what they are now. Please let me know.

• Atlantis
• Barbary Coast
• Jet Lounge
• Fever
• Mr Salsa
• The Bar *Under* Churchill
• The Cactus
• The Wild Duck
• Labamba
• Under Rue
• Prime Pumas

Honorable Mentions:

• The Galaxy (Bench Rd, Duncan)
• Vancouver Strip Clubs: Marble Arch & The Lougheed
• Okanagan Strip Clubs: Slack Alice's, Cheetah's and Misty's

Murders / Disappearances in Victoria BC:

Many of these remain Unsolved, or have a lack of updates on suspects or convictions.

Year	Cause	Victim	Result
1987	Murder	Tanya Van Cuylenborg & Jay Cook	Murdered in U.S., William Earl Talbot charged 2018. No Update
1992	Murder	Shannon Guyatt	Husband Convicted+died 2014. Head found. Body never recovered.
1997	Murder	Reena Virk	Kelly Ellard jailed 2004, paroled 2017. Warren Paul Glowatsk, convicted 2nd degree, life, paroled 2007.
2008	Murder	Lindsay Buziak	Unsolved
2010	Murder	Kimberly Proctor	Cameron Moffat + Kruse Wellwood convicted Life- Likely Parole 2020
2014	Murder	Anne & Neil Harvey	Murder-Suicide. Oak Bay
2015	Murder	Charlotte Mehl	Kaela Mehl, mom, convicted 2017. No Update on sentence!
2017	Murder	Euarchol Wanichpan	Body found @ S.J. Willis. No Updates in a year
2018	??????	Ben Kilmer	Unsolved, ongoing search
2018	Murder	Joseph Gauthier	@ Hillside Dr.-- Daniel Creagh charged
2018	Murder	Duncan Pucker	Body found in Gorge. No Updates in 6 months
2018	Murder	Chloe+Aubrey Berry	Andrew Berry charged. No Update
2018	Murder	Ryan Daley & Dan Archbald	Murdered, likely drug deal. No Suspects
2018	??????	Debra Evans-Hayes	Body found at Thetis lake. No Cause Released
2018	??????	Gladys Barman	Found Aug 9th. No Cause Released

And a few cases we need to confirm the details on: Melissa Nicholson Shawnigan LakeKerri Weber Husband Ken WeberDenise Allick - Simon Baker Raymonde Elder - Ryan Robert Elder ,

1943	Murder		Unsolved"Anneta Margaret Clive Molly Justice" 15 walking along the CN rail line(now Galloping Goose) near Saanich Municipal Hall. Stabbed 30+ times.
1981	Murder		Basis of Film "18000 Dead in Gordon Head[2001]"
1982	Murder		UnsolvedChris Kelly or Kristie Fowlie found on Sooke Logging Road?
1990	Murder		UnsolvedPregnant teenager "Cheri Lynn Smith" was found dead in the bushes on Munns Road.
1990	Murder	Kimberly Gallup	Unknown No Update on sentence!
1996	Murder		UnsolvedNewspaper carrier "Alice Liu" body's found at the back entrance of a Gamma St. warehouse
2003	Murder		UnsolvedBobby Johal was gunned down in his Cordova Bay driveway.
2009	Murder		Unsolved"James Lucas McLaughlin" was stabbed to death in his Quadra St apartment.
2013	Murder		Unsolved"Martin Hornell" found dead.
2022	Murder	Stephanie Jade Elk	Christopher Cathcart. No Update on sentence!
2022	Murder	William ­Bradshaw	Unknown No Update on sentence!
1991	Murder		Unknown No Update on sentence!
2020	Murder		Unknown No Update on sentence!
2022	Murder		Unknown No Update on sentence!
2021	Murder		Unknown No Update on sentence!

Notable Movies Filmed in Victoria, or Vancouver Island:

How Many have you seen

Famous People From The Area:

Celebs Mentioned, but no info / pic found:

• Albert McMinn
• Mike Delmont
• Paul Archer

Related Links:

• Ingramham Hotel

Questions:

• What is the Name of the Teen pool hall on Broad St (Upstairs)?