Bralorne-Pioneer Museum Accomplishment Report 2021

Bralorne-Pioneer
Museum
Annual Report 2021

President’s Report
2021 was a good year for the Museum overall.
The Museum collected over $10,000 in through Canada Helps,
general donations and membership donations.
Considering the wild fires and Covid-19 the Museum had a a
good visitor turn-out with just over 400 individual visitors this
year and a bus tour in early October 2021.
The highlight of the year was the publishing and sales of the new
book "Behind the Gold", a collection of Norm Gronskei’s stories.
Collection Management work has continued this year with
some very important documents being donated to the
Museum.
2

Visitors continued to be extremely engaged when shown
exactly how the pioneers came into the Bridge River Valley
with a demonstration using maps and historical information.
And mining claims are a very popular topic of conversation.
The Heritage Committee is continuing to work on the relocation
of the Bralorne-Pioneer Museum to the Bralorne- Pioneer Mines
Office Building.
Pat Dahle,
President, Bralorne-Pioneer Museum
3

Museum Staff
Janis Irvine- Museum Assistant
Emilie Larsen- Summer Supervisor
4

Operations & Projects
• The Museum opened to the public May 22, 2021
and closed October 12, 2021. The Museum
remains open during the winter on Mondays
only.
• 5 th Season using the Management agreement
between Bralorne-Pioneer Museum and BRVCA.
• Opened 4 days per week.
• Maintained Facebook page and Instagram
• Provided monthly submissions to the Mountain
Telegraph
• Completed or close to completed Heritage
Community Project
• Completed the work for the “Behind the Gold”
Stories of Norm Gronskei. This was a big task
with great rewards.
5

Visitor Services
Due to the wildfire situation and intense heat throughout
the province in the early summer, travel was curtailed and
many visitors stayed home. But despite these challenges
the museum received 440 visitors during the summer
season and all were very interested in the museum and the
history of the Bridge River Valley.
Retail Sales
• Extremely large response to Norm Gronskei’s
“Behind the Gold”.
• Phil Branca’s book Miners, Trappers, Hunters and
Packers was also popular.
• Over 200 books were sold through on-line and retail
sales.
• Retail sales for 2021 totaled $2, 767.00
6

Donations
We had a total of $8546.75 registered donations and
$1503.00 non-registered through the Museum with a
combine total of $10, 049.75. This is the museum’s
largest donation year to date.
We had a total of over 70 individual donors in 2021.
7

Collection
Management Project
The Museum was pleased to receive donation of the following
collections and we have begun cataloguing them.
Bill Davidson on "Cloudy" Bill Gaddy on "Billy" Irene Beaubien on "Beano"
and Ray Beaubien on Flossie at Minto Mines in the Bridge River Valley, 1941.
8

THE MINTO COLLECTION- Thanks to Jamie Davidson,
grandson of Big Bill Davidson, for the very informative
documents and information on “Minto Flooding”, the
“Golden Girl” fiasco and other surprising documents.
FAMILY PHOTO ALBUM- Kindly donated by Lois Bett with
40 plus pictures.
RCMP Britches- These now hanging in the Museum with
our Red Surge Jacket donation courtesy of visitor Shyrlee
Mealing.
Oekern, Heidi- Wonderful pictures and information on
the Hanson Family that Norm Gronskei speaks of as a
child in his book “Behind the Gold”.
David Sloan-Thanks to a chance e-mail from Terry Yip
(husband of Debra Sloan who is the granddaughter of
David Sloan of the Pioneer Claim) we are amassing some
incredible photos of that era.
9

Sloan Family homestead in Pioneer, 1920’s.
PAST PERFECT – Museum software program
We are up slightly from last recording. We now have a
total of 6862 items recorded. Take note there are
hundreds yet to be uploaded and scanned for these items
in Past Perfect.
Objects 1925
Photographs 3794
Archives 743
Library 400
10

BRALORNE-PIONEER MUSEUM SOCIETY
Financial Statements
Year Ended December 31, 2020
(Unaudited - See Notice To Reader)

NOTICE TO READER
On the basis of information provided by management, I have compiled the statement of financial position
of Bralorne-Pioneer Museum Society as at December 31, 2020 and the statements of revenues and
expenditures and changes in net assets for the year then ended.
I have not performed an audit or a review engagement in respect of these financial statements and,
accordingly, I express no assurance thereon.
Readers are cautioned that these statements may not be appropriate for their purposes.
Lillooet, British Columbia
March 3, 2021
Debra Neufeld, CPA
Chartered Professional Accountant
1

BRALORNE-PIONEER MUSEUM SOCIETY
Statement of Financial Position
December 31, 2020
(Unaudited - See Notice To Reader)
2020 2019
ASSETS
CURRENT
Cash $ 52,672 $ 53,381
Accounts receivable 10,465 10,697
Inventory 372 372
$ 63,509 $ 64,450
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT
Accounts payable $ 1,199 $ 1,200
NET ASSETS 62,310 63,250
$ 63,509 $ 64,450
2

BRALORNE-PIONEER MUSEUM SOCIETY
Statement of Revenues and Expenditures
Year Ended December 31, 2020
(Unaudited - See Notice To Reader)
2020 2019
REVENUES $ 37,496 $ 33,365
COST OF SALES 3,131 329
GROSS PROFIT 34,365 33,036
EXPENSES
Consulting fees 1,792 270
Insurance - 1,000
General administration 29,771 25,295
Office 574 2,362
Professional fees 1,050 1,010
Repairs and maintenance 2,118 6,900
35,305 36,837
DEFICIENCY OF REVENUES OVER EXPENSES $ (940) $ (3,801)
3

BRALORNE-PIONEER MUSEUM SOCIETY
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
Year Ended December 31, 2020
(Unaudited - See Notice To Reader)
2020 2019
NET ASSETS - BEGINNING OF YEAR $ 63,250 $ 67,051
DEFICIENCY OF REVENUES OVER EXPENSES (940) (3,801)
NET ASSETS - END OF YEAR $ 62,310 $ 63,250
4