“World In Motion” by artist Alan Wylie, painted in 1986, restored in 2013.

This painting is a montage of historic buildings and events in the area between
1883 and 1939.

On the left are three buildings known as “the Lewisvile hotel, store, saloon and
barber shop”. Established by former Chemainus teacher, Samuel Girdlestone Lewis,
this enterprise filled a void when the mill-owned Chemainus Hotel stopped serving
liquor. The redesigned 1922 version of the hotel is depicted behind horse-drawn
carriages and an early automobile. To the right in the background are two local
businesses of 1892 – A. Howe’s Meat Market and Rufus Smith’s Blacksmith Shop.

Central to the montage is the Horseshoe Bay Inn, which stands today. To the
right of it appears a facsimile of a document bearing the signatures of two
renowned American millionaires who stayed at the hotel in November 1900 –
J.D. Rockefeller (top left), and Andrew Carnegie (bottom left). Matthew Howe,
builder and proprietor of the Horseshoe Bay Inn is portrayed to the right.

A street scene capturing the festivities of the 50th Anniversary Celebration of
the Victoria Lumber & Manufacturing Co. Ltd. in 1939 appears on the right side
of the mural.

Best viewed in original size