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Unsinkable: The Soyokaze Story

Museum at Campbell River15 hr by bus · 222.7 km
✓ Fits your group
A long two storey building with a metal roof and tall glass windows, seen from above across a mown lawn ringed by conifers.
Cost
$100 per class
$6.25 a child for 16
There is no fee for extra adult supervisors and parent volunteers.
Ages & size
Grades 5 to 12
Capacity not published
Duration
2 hours
Year round
Days not published
Book by
Not published
Plan this trip
Fieldy handles all communication and booking for you.

What it actually looks like

Photos from Museum at Campbell River's website
Our note
The boat is the part children remember, and it is also the part they lose in bad weather. If the forecast is icy or wet, ask what happens to that half hour before you get on the bus.

What the children do

A two hour program on the experiences of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War, told through local families, with a tour on board the restored cod fishing boat Soyokaze. Thirty minutes is outdoors, and the museum cannot board the boat in ice or heavy rain.

Go aboard a restored wooden fishing boat, then practise origami and try writing with a Japanese phonetic alphabet.

Good to know

Washrooms and a picnic area on site, and the building itself is wheelchair accessible. Part of this one is outside and there is nothing published about a wet weather plan, so ask when you book.

Sources disagree. Two of their pages give different grade ranges for the colonization program. One says grades 8 to 12 and the booking form says 6 to 12. If you have a grade 6 or 7 class, ask before you count on it.
Sources disagree. They give two different grade ranges for the archaeology program, one starting at grade 7 and one at grade 6. A grade 6 class may or may not be eligible, so check when you book.
Sources disagree. The Haig-Brown tour is described as two hours in one place and one hour in another. Plan your bus for the longer one and confirm the length when you book.
Washrooms
Washrooms
Lunch space
Picnic area onsite
Rain backup
Needs confirmation
Strollers
Needs confirmation
Wheelchair access
Accessible for the disabled. Courtesy wheelchair available
Bus parking
Needs confirmation
Nearby park
Needs confirmation
Restrictions
Photographs are not allowed in the First Nations Gallery

Getting there

470 Island Hwy, Campbell River, BC V9W 4Z9

On foot
48 hr 24 min
too far with this group
By bus
15 hr
includes a 9 min wait
Driving
7 hr 2 min

The dark pin is Victoria.

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Details checked on 2026-09-10 against the venue’s own pages. Something wrong? , it takes one tap. · Venue page · 250-287-3103