Lester Peterson

Works by Lester Peterson:

• The Story of the Sechelt Nation
• The Gibson's Landing Story
• The Cape Scott Story

From ABC BookWorld, "Lester Ray Peterson wrote The Story of the Sechelt Nation (Harbour Publishing, 1990), The Gibson's Landing Story (Toronto: Peter Martin Books, 1979) and The Cape Scott Story (Mitchell Press, 1974). He also contributed to Raincoast Chronicles. For many years Peterson collected photos and artifacts to maintain an unofficial museum in his basement. He formed a museum society in 1965 with himself as president and fellow local historian Francis Wyngaert as vice-president. A museum for the Village of Gibson's Landing was first established in the newly built Municipal Hall on South Fletcher Road, than transferred to its location on Winn Road. Lola Westell, who arrived in Gibsons in 1968, served for eleven years as the museum director."

He taught at Elphinstone High School.