We are proud to announce that the Heritage Boat Restoration Program at the Britannia Shipyards NHS has been nominated for the 2026 Heritage BC Awards under the “Education, Communications, and Awareness” category!
Heritage BC has announced this year’s nominees in nine different categories, noting outstanding achievements in heritage, conservation, education and community leadership throughout British Columbia. Award recipients will be selected by a jury, and announced at the annual Heritage BC conference on May 5, 2026.
Vote for the People’s Choice Award
This year, a new Heritage BC Award category has been announced – the People’s Choice Award. Consider placing a vote for our Heritage Boat Restoration Project here, or check out the other Steveston nominees, including: Steveston Methodist Church and Steveston Alive! Walking Tour Vignettes
Since opening in April 2025, the Heritage Boat Restoration Project inside the Richmond Boat Builders workshop has been visited by hundreds of people to learn about traditional wooden boat building and restoration, the history of Japanese Canadian craftsmanship in Steveston, and to watch shipwrights work on our current project, the restoration of a 1963 wooden gillnetter the Crystal S.
