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Boudreau’s photographs, with the date stamp Jan. 23, 2017, bear a strong resemblance to the 100-kilogram stone pillar found on a beach off Dallas Road at low tide last summer. The museum announced last week the discovery of the stone pillar, and said it was likely used in rituals by the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations. The museum said the provenance of the pillar will be reviewed with the museum, the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations and the carver. Boudreau knew the stone was unusual...

Provenance of stone pillar in question after artist says he created the rock carving found on Victoria beach Ray Boudreau posted a photo of a similar rock carving on the Times Colonist Facebook page, saying it was his carving and he thought it had been stolen. Author of the article: Louise Dickson  •  Victoria Times Colonist Publishing date: Feb 01, 2021  •  February 1, 2021  •  1 minute read  •  On the left, Bernhard Spalteholz’s photograph of the 100-kilogram carved ...

The origin of a carved sandstone pillar discovered on a Dallas Road beach last summer is being ­questioned after a local artist insisted he carved the sandstone rock in 2017. Ray Boudreau posted . . .

Ray Boudreau of Victoria, B.C., says he carved the sandstone pillar on a city beach, not far from where it was discovered, in 2017.

Whitney Pier’s “Road to Nowhere” will finally open to traffic this month. Regional public works manager Ray Boudreau says he expects the road to be open by the end of the first week of January. The road was built seven years ago as an alternative route between Ashby and Whitney Pier. It runs across the site of the Sydney steel plant’s former coke ovens from Inverness Street to the intersection of Lingan Road and the SPAR. Plans to open the road last spring were put on hold due to the CO...