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Preservation Society took over operations but was replaced by the Vancouver Island Local History Society in 2019. The VILHS ran the site until 2023 but they were unable to continue, citing a lack of sustainable funding from the provincial government. The Forager Foundation acted as an interim operator of the site until 2024, when it was announced that the Métis Nation of British Columbia would be taking over the sites management. The Métis Nation is the 5th non-profit to operate Point Ellice House since 2002.
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Trutch) moved into Point Ellice House
December, 1867 with their infant son, Francis (Frank) Joseph O'Reilly. Weeks later, their eldest daughter, Charlotte Kathleen O'Reilly, would be born. The couple would have two more children, both born at Point Ellice House: Arthur John "Jack" O'Reilly (born in
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