Rendezvous
Rendezvous is the British Columbia Lapidary Society's annual gathering and features field trips, displays, auctions, and our annual general meeting.
2023 Rendezvous
Quesnel, BC, June 9 — 11, 2023
Barlow Creek Hall
3801 Trembley Rd,
Quesnel, BC
Rendezvous 2023 is being organized jointly by the Quesnel Tumbling Rivers Rock Club and Prince George Two Rivers Club with the assistance of the British Columbia Lapidary Society.
It will be held at Barlow Creek Hall and Campground.
2023 Rendezvous Supporting Materials
- Rendezvous Schedule (Posted March 14, 2023)
- Rendezvous Important Information (Posted March 14, 2023)
- Rendezvous Recommended Accomodations - or see map below (Posted March 16, 2023)
- Rendezvous Registration Form [PDF for Printing and Mailing] (Posted March 14, 2023)
- Rendezvous Registration Form [DOC for Downloading and Emailing] (Posted March 14, 2023)
- Summary of rockhounding trips planned in Quesnel area (Posted April 27, 2023)
- Summary of rockhounding trip planned to Prince George pit (Posted April 27, 2023)
Location Map
View Rendezvous 2023 HQ and recommended accomodations.
Past Rendezvous
The British Columbia Lapidary Society and its chartered clubs have been hosting Rendezvous since 1958. Throughout this time we have explored a great deal of British Columbia and collected a wide variety of interesting rocks and minerals.
| Year | Location | Host Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Quesnel |
 Quesnel Tumbling Rivers Rock Club Prince George Two Rivers Rock Club
|
| 2022 | Coombs | Vancouver Island Zone |
| 2021 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | |
| 2020 | Quesnel (Cancelled due to COVID-19) | Quesnel Tumbling Rivers Rock Club |
| 2019 | Rock Creek |  Penticton Geology & Lapidary Club |
| 2018 | Rock Creek (Cancelled due to flooding) | Penticton Geology & Lapidary Club |
| 2017 | Winfield |  1120 Rock Club |
| 2016 | Hope |  Abbotsford Rock & Gem Club |
| 2015 | Chase |  Shuswap Rock Club |
| 2014 | Armstrong |  Vernon Lapidary & Mineral Club |
| 2013 | Ashcroft |  Thompson Valley Rock Club |
| 2012 | Clearwater | Raft River Rockhounds |
| 2011 | Princeton | Princeton Rock and Fossil Club |
| 2010 | Lillooet |  Hastings Centre Rockhounds |
| 2009 | Winfield | 1120 Rock Club |
| 2008 | Chase | Shuswap Rock Club |
| 2007 | Roe Lake | Interlakes Rockhounders |
| 2006 | Heffley Creek | Thompson Valley Rock Club |
| 2005 | Logan Lake | High Country Rockhound Club |
| 2004 | Penticton | Penticton Geology & Lapidary Club |
| 2003 | Lumby | |
| 2002 | Chase | |
| 2001 | Princeton | |
| 2000 | Kelowna | |
| 1999 | Kamloops | |
| 1998 | Cache Creek | |
| 1997 | Nelson | |
| 1996 | Logan Lake | |
| 1995 | Nelson | |
| 1994 | Princeton | |
| 1993 | Greenwood | |
| 1992 | Lumby | |
| 1991 | Lillooet | |
| 1990 | Penticton | |
| 1989 | Enderby | |
| 1988 | Barriere | |
| 1987 | Princeton | |
| 1986 | Hope | |
| 1985 | Lillooet | |
| 1984 | Vernon | |
| 1983 | Kamloops | |
| 1982 | Penticton | |
| 1981 | Lillooet | |
| 1980 | Kelowna | |
| 1979 | Vernon | |
| 1978 | Princeton | |
| 1977 | Merritt | |
| 1976 | Lillooet | |
| 1975 | Cache Creek | |
| 1974 | Lillooet | |
| 1973 | Hedley | |
| 1972 | Knutsford | |
| 1971 | Cache Creek | |
| 1970 | Princeton | |
| 1969 | Cache Creek | |
| 1968 | Penticton | |
| 1967 | Kamloops | |
| 1966 | Princeton | |
| 1965 | Penticton | |
| 1964 | Kamloops | |
| 1963 | Nanaimo | |
| 1962 | Oliver | |
| 1961 | Vernon | |
| 1960 | Shaw Springs | |
| 1959 | Princeton | |
| 1958 | Kamloops |
