ee rr ere A MORE ABOUT ‘CARIBOO | (Covtinued From Page One).: >| - Published at Sidney, Vancouver Island, B. c. ‘Every Wednesday we TS By: Peninsula Printing Co. Ltdy = y. Ss. RIVERS, President. and Managing: “Director. : “Meniber of B.C. Division, Canadiun Weekly Newspapers’. “Association. 4 » Member of Canadian, Weekly. Newspapers’ Association, | Member ‘Audit .Bureau of Circulations. i) aera Telephone 28, day or night. \ | oe ‘SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.50 per year by mail in Canada and a or reasons “unknown the ‘sawmill the Indians, for South Saanich, ‘for of -£109.7.6 was paid cin. “woollen money,” eyed ong British Empire; $3.00 per year to foreign countries. _ : Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Display advertising rates on application. ~ | dians enjoyed undisturbed. _ their ———=| hunting and fishing, their “potatoe _ Wednesday, June 23, 1954 ‘ patches” and their “woollen goods”. ; Thomson were the first “freehold- 100 YEARS OF PROGRESS : pers” in Saanich, presumably taking | i over their “holdings much about the 'TORIES of the pioneers whose toil paved the way for}; same time and on properties adjoin- the present population of the Saanich Peninsula haveing each other. This was probably always been close to The Review’s heart. This particular j #bout the year 1856. Mrs. Thomson “edition was planned to encourage present-day residents to | in atter-years recalled having seen “pause:for a minute or two in their hustle and bustle of yer future ey ae Cinigtower | _. making @ living in this modern age, to reflect on the hard-| heaves, “Upones ice herr . ““°. Ships suffered by the first settlers and.to be humbly grate-' “hen Se . fine ‘wheat was grown the answer | ful to them. We hope it may achieve this purpose: at least F was: “On my farm at Saanich.” “This edition of The Review is the second largest in its tdecided to settle on placid Saanich , ae 42. ears of existence. One slightly larger. edition. was js. rather than at blustery Sooke | matical research were now bearing’ “years g & S| | fruit. The industrial revolution was: coasts of the” Pacific, England and ; France had troops fighting on .the. Crin-ean Peninsula. tries had hurriedly ‘settled their. dif- | yore. Throughout the world great! ferences to come to the aid of Tur- Climbing up the steep trail from: wealth walked hand in hand with | key as that nation was threatened in money andj lives, the. war featured the almost! The arts had reached a stage of | legendary Charge of the Light Bri- F “published ‘three years ago at the time Sidney celebrated | ° Metchosin, for his advent to Van- --“its:diamond jubilee. This issue is circulated. only after | “> gountless hours of tedious work: but if it plays a small part: “in attracting more permanent residents to this “Riviera of ! memory to him. western, Canada”, the staff will feel more than repaid. a, Heavy burden of producing a Centennial Edition fell! the waterfront in the neighborhood - - on far more shoulders than those of. the regular staff. ; | of the present Mount Newton Cross | _.: tions might be recorded for posterity. The keen memory ; 2 cof Jad. White, a resident of Sidney for more than 60: “years.~ has been invaluable. It is never too much trouble: for Mr. White to. set aside the things he would’ rather do . appears to be land-locked. nd‘ ferret out some detail. of dite: here 40" or: 50 or. 60% By the year -1852. some surveying | ‘R..E. Nimmo of Saanichton little history. of this district. , tricts. Douglas! “report on’ the work | would-ever have been recorded. We. wonder, if many resi-' is => sollows ‘dents today fully appreciate the contribution this homely | couple: has made to the Peninsula: “Mrs. Nimmo was 120, She and -her husband realized: just. how. few. details! ‘party of Indians, who are excel- Jurden—or this valuable “history would be lost forever. Isl BER ACRE 0 they assumed the leadership of a movement’ which saw | ome, is a veritable treasurehouse’ ‘of: Saanich. Peninsula - “found: “Alexander...C. Anderson, ot The. provincial archives. have been. ‘abundantly. -en- John: Coles; Duncan :Lidgate, -Angus. ‘McPhail,’ Henry. ‘Simpson andWil- ‘iam: Thomson. Land: was: ‘selling: “minds: ofthe: English.” at: St per, acre: ‘but. there did: not eae ind: “Mrs. imino. to: sit down and unfold: interest ng” ‘and. accurate stories *of. the past, The Review: has? ilways: eee the enthusiastic | co- ‘operation of: this a Se = 5 aye always oe as: ee not ‘actually mining. were ‘either i road-making, “packing, supplies: of alt Kinds : pants. owas: (a: WV most helpful as well but the Nimmo’s . the real font of: knowledge. “ aa Miss Madge Wolfenden, ‘descendant. of. a: pionee Vic. ria family ‘and long with: ‘the. provinci 1. archives,- most: cordial when. approached. by. The’ Review. - * the: “partici prove of value in. setting a pattern for the future. Other BAZAN BAY: writers. have’ been most cordial as. well.; We regret that | we hadn’t spoken sooner to R. D. Harvey, -Victoria® bar-: ‘rister, who is writing a history of: the Peninsula’s’ railways} for The.Review. ‘We didn’t give Mr. Harvey. quite enough. tative: article in ‘a. subsequent issue. “This newspaper can find ‘little to. ‘complain of. in the! , wan se LF ctivities of the early piongers.. ; Gown, lou many trees, But we cannot he too critical be- |" “was a nuisance value... They were huge trees, practically | follows: - valueless and they impeded the progress of agriculture. - ~ many trees survived to make a real contribution to mod-|. ~“eyn-day living.’ John Dean Park with its huge firs is al jaifis, | | constant delight to residents and visitors alike. oa coo t- is interesting to reflect on developments on the i Saanich. Peninsula during the next 100 years. Some “Review editor, now unborn, will no doubt.produce a bum- per issue in 2064 to mark the occasion. ; For his: assistance, «Jet us make a little forecast at this time. We are confident “that the future of the § Saanich Peninsula lies in the residen- _tial sphere, As time goes on, more and more people from Victoria and: Vancouver, the B.C. interior, Alberta, Sas- | © * katchewan and: Manitoba will come: here: to live. A-large percentage of them will be retired people, for the delights | “ful climate has not changed in the past 100_ years and is: “unlikely to. during the’next century, The basic economy: “of the Peninsula today is retired yosidents. We are core tain that the factor will become more marked in:the: years which sprawl ahead, | It may. be:that our economic system “may change so that it will beunnecessary to work.to.make “a living. «In. that’event the: ‘population here. will multiply. ‘again and again for there is no finer place to live in Canada than right here on Vancouver Island and its adjoining Gulf Islands, : oS "Mhe Review salutes ‘the early pioneers. ‘and hopes that : history will prove that the present. generation has: been “worthy of the’ heritage they left us, If this issue impresses dia readers, The Review urges that copies be sent to friends Sogo inother parts to tell the atory of the Peninsula and of its vee confident hopes for the future, - Letters. To The Editor “yy RAINS IN, SCOTLAND weather for the past week ‘had heen | ter of the evening, Ealftag: Review, ; i afl: copold Lowenberg? who’ had established themselves Russi an zone of Germany. St keon “sense of” Iimoar, wail there i8 to see there, herve a dual purpose hy: being: auch, you, there is nothing. like an Tidine Chisholm): : iret ‘af all: Piwauld fikee to tant Livros ring “wonderful “send-off. It was much | cess: St in’ waters well! “over< our Lod my ability. : appreciated hy mee oe ankles, < Florence (Chadwick. -conld | ‘Thanking you! all.again, r Secondly, I can: give: an “idea. of | have afield day here... my inipressions of» Fainburgh.- ‘As|> When Tosay "wae", Team referring | SGT Se Hostel, w matter of fact T could do it in three Pte twos German: srinle: Tomet here. 19 Rutland Square, ce a aworda, “wet. but. wonderful”, Jt. is | Very interesting young. ladies, one. Edinburglty Scotland, os Shea he “really: a. very. -heautlfat. ally but. the of whom eacoped 'f from. behind | the. June 12, 10 st. viggtegn OEE | the previous oar negotiated. with | 5 _ } goods: which they. preferred: tol. . was built -instead “at. Albert Head | and in. the meéantime.the Saanich In- _ 1 "Angus McPhail and William | “to some: slight extent. ; i: It.was-not surprising that Thomson | ' ;couver Island by way of shipwreck | already developing. rapidly as ingenu- on the inhospitable west coast would | still be a. vivid) and unforgettable i placing the conservative sy stem of -“Many-an old-timer put on his thinking cap and recalled | | Road and up the slopes of the moun- } “the days long past in order that these interesting recollec- ia‘ the rocks and fir trees and the | hiatus as the artificiality of a Vic-|gade and Balaciava among its calm surface of the Arm no doubt! torian regime was already exerting table battles. reminded Thomson and McPhail. of ja restrictive clamp on. freedom of START OF NURSING » scenes in their homeland of Scot- | expression. land, for at. some points the Inlet | ears: ago. . vawas ‘in Progress by. Joseph D. Pem- ; *. But without the help ‘and:co- operation. of Mr. and Mrs, | bérton in Saanich, as in other dis-, t “Myr. Pemberton has been lately | gerous influence. on Europe. employed ist completing his plans, Nearer home, the first commer- : “and in setting out the lines on the ' cial-treaty was born between Canada born in South Saanich, a descendent'of the Thomson. family | lots of land sold to settlers, for \and.the United States. Rail. trans- which made the Peninsula’s earliest-history. Several years; which purpose I have attached a. port, postal service, banking. all | | the world in. place of the women | were yet to be seen in the still. large- | ‘collected ; from prisons ‘of the. lives. of the Peninsula’s early families:had ever been}. lent bushmen, and remarkably use-' ly unsettled Canada. Unification of | | houses, ecorded:. They’ knew that someone had to shoulder this : ful in the. woods :to the surveyors the country had -been ratified, but -Among :'the’ -names -appearing..:in representatives: of. all: old-time. families circularized. ‘and: the: foe Voters List Fics eee nteresting. data and ‘anecdotes recorded.: The | Nimmo: ‘South’ Saanich in 1859 -.are’ to. be or: selling : Fery:.f¢ ‘the immigrants° had: wi We: ‘sufficient means. “with! which: to~ buy} commend. to our readers her. racy story. ‘of the days gone » fand. and" equipment, and. thus ° pars. merely. by. “Arthur. EB. Vogee: of: Sidney assumed a hard job and’ ‘ticipation in mining or “its. concomi- ‘| destined | to. ‘break out in’ “another did it well. “He recorded the history of: education on the. tant activities was the natural, occu- | —— — Peninsula. With education of | ‘paramount importance. in ‘pation: before land‘ could be taken up ‘Saanich: were far. too: ‘busy. improv- the minds of many residents today, this background should 2nd. farming operations begun. are “Jing crops to’ be: interested in’ “sea-: - Leopold : ‘Lowenberg, an. early Ger- | bathing”... ‘and as. for. Victoria. folk,” “man. resident. of Victoria, had an jafter. all. they. had their. own’ the Royal’ Navy, but no. maps ‘were | Hagan, _Thomas, Michell, idea...of setting. out. ‘a’ townsite at | beaches, and how to. get to ‘Saan- in general circulation yet.’ Bazan Bay in the: year. 1861,- Low-'|ich without a road? | : which appeared la the tulditliias 9 of over “Masses “of ars mud tales and the journey of 20 hy -- So the pioneers burned them to get them out of the. way. in the new Town and Watering- | : “Prom egiye ‘standpoint, this is most regretable, But] Place of Saanich on Bazan or [to Saanich as a child, | jJuney. - Summer Bay.... Besides tts man Tt must be remembered that no ‘that on “cyesidents today. can be delighted: with the fact that so other esyactanes thie lovely abet Rast Road was in exisence and being so great and the road so the first stage to operate to North tough some of the advance party Saanich was advertised ta make were forced i “trieweekly trips” fram Victoria, dhe expedition Was a revelation to The advertisement which appeared “Many of the visitors (who) were; - eee nee in the Victoria Press on August residents of Victoria, who have | FAILED TO REPORT 17, promised that the “accommo. Never yet had the hardihood to ex-) A, E. Johnson, of Victoria, was dation... will be continued plore the terra incognita of OF | fined a0 on Saturday. in. Sidney throughout the winter, if the road: country ‘districts’, he. is by far the best adapted for sea Land ae such will soan bevame a place of public resort, eve The price of the town lots and conditions of payment will be found reasonable, and mearcover, half cof the purchase, money will be retained tn. the hands of .acconi- . mittee. elected » amongst the, purs ‘chasers to be: laid out in improve- ments. ie Maps of.the town and site may be inspected at. the office ~ Alas for Lowenberg's Sreniaines efforts to) found a !Town > and WateringPlace’, -The. few: settlers aieaeenenanernamnanenmemrunel Iron Curtain, haviig come: from the have met. with: Pipe Major: W. Ross, av very nice gentleman, with a wonderful personality. —_ very, he stidying piping under: “hii which aneans. mits trips. ta Edinburgh: Castle, Tris a very Interesting: place hind you could spend about a monthy anit write vohinies; on everything Again with regard to my going: away party, T wonld Ike to give spe- cial thanks te Jan Dunean, master wf geremantes; and Alan Calvert, Major Dadds, Charlie Wilson, and froad, was ute next, and shortly Alee Steven cof Vietarla, toastimas-fafter it was passed ane came to , Stevens Hotel opposite Prospect | Anderson: goes on te aye podtively miserahle Tr has: rained Alsa many thanks: te the enters} Lake. From there to the Mount Sire a — ee ‘falmost: over since my arrival. Any=|tainers, ineluding: the. Greater. Vie~ “Newton Hotel would have. been “This letter very tniv | in its arrival, cone who knows this. place can sell] toria Schaal Pipe, Band, and Ronnie quite a dang stretel and. finally alt the: many, friends and ‘relatives [1 yous can’ imagine. it, the other | that would) care: to awrite to cme. a Ye Awho had’ a part in’ giving. me such a night we were wading down - Prine | will answer any “Jetters: tae the hest | “UE teas a boon to be able to qv ; SAANICH PENINSULA AND GULF ISLANDS REVIEW This Is What They Saw ‘the sum ‘of £41.13.4.° North’ Saanich foe yg | he found * yather more expensive, | i but reported, however, that the price | 7 affairs’ of the province «or few pioneer Wednesday, June 23, 1954. 1K ELECT! They Could Vote ORS 95 YEARS AGO During the ear ly. formative state of Saanich and the surrounding lower Vancouver Island: representation in the the Dominion.-was. almost. non- existent. Within a short time after the. arrival of the first s this. matter was. given serious consideration and in 1859 the District of Saanich. was created by the — Representation Act. : The first voters’ list of the new ‘district was published in December, 1859. It consisted of 21 names.. The early electoral district embraced no large number of voters. iIn vieve of the fact that of the 21 listed, 11 appeared in lthe list for the City of Victoria and another two on the Pioneers of Saanich made their way .to Victoria before coming | list for Esquimalt and Metchosin, it appears that only eight out to the Peninsula. Those whose immigration was sponsored by the Hudson's Bay Company spent their first four years in the infant | city of Fort Victoria. The picture above shows what they saw when they first set eyes on Victoria. Meagrely populated, not yet built-up, it was a typical centre of colonization, | Reflections From the Past | 100 YEARS AGO. _ seven years, (1854 Anno Domini) ity. in production: was . steadily re- poverty as the new era of industry { by had not yet found its levels. world had been at war during this time .:. .-an -atmosphere of confi- ; i dence in peace was-to exert its dan- | the northwest country was: still. en= j tirely the property of the Hudson's Bay, Company.: - In England ‘the: country was: still “calin’ and: effective... “a possible ‘mutiny: had ‘entered. the Tne ‘France, ‘owing: the: abortive. ‘rebellion: of 184 t ‘seeking © ai - constitutional: “monarchy tYetto* come” was: thesc ushing: oft “Poland: under. ‘Wilhelm ‘To and: Bis- | he omarck i ind ‘alliance ‘with: Russia. : AS ‘steady. flow. ‘ot settlers: was: “Saanichton: vanid.:. North: “Saanich- _TUESDAY— on) The: } “was! “ready ‘coming into ‘Victoria’ ‘since were men®* “who: had shared. in the “Praise. and: Praye : ing ‘their;own property. and. grow “ seen the Diiish Colonist for the first uy to eee 1 ‘cause ‘practically: the only value of the trees in those days|. time om August 5, 1861, ead as miles with a loaded stage took the achievement is one: “whieh never father af the Saanich pioneers’ and |] best part of an autumn: day’. Such becomes’ stale, “Lots are now “offered for sale is the ‘reminiscence of Walter’ 3B. | Reading today — Anderson.as. he recalls his advent ary reports of the dedication in 1862, it is hard to believe is made. possible,” “road, stout, seaworthy boat... wl stngers across (the Inlet), in By November: of the! following operated: acountry: hotel which | he called “the ‘finest country hotel! in: this island” started anather ferry | to Cowichan, auperseding, Georke” Fea, which he deemed an “vali able boon’ ta Aravellers proeeed-t ing.fowthe northern district,” HOSPITABLE INNS: ‘TL Was. not longy before a hime her of wayside inns cropped up Wongside the road at. convenient intervals. Walter Anderson re- lates that on the. way cout) from Vietoria the first of these was at Swan Lake. The Royal Oak Tnn at the junction where the later- mivle [ast Road joined the main Harry Wain's® place marked | the TD oavauhl love fa- hear _ anvene bend af the road. Te) cAndersan. snysie o> yiy a glass’ of wine arobeer or somes «hing sironner, and ery comfart NORM AN Renan, ing fe ear onesed] at the liy log: fire on a? cold. winter's. day while on. a long twearying drive ter, rough roads. such. as we had oe thew? ry} ff : when current dissatis- ; factions and feelings had reached a Centuries of scientific’: and mathe- | crescendo. Many thousands of miles from the The two coun- | nee, cer et Ramen eee ae Directly as a result of that war: The world had not yet learned the | the Protes sion of nursing. was born | : | dangers of optimism. After 400] in: years of war... for an average of. wounded were lying untended, un- | every two years, some nation in the; fed and unable to ‘move. first time in military history tend- ; ing the wounded became an urgent; and important task. With the ad- Florence Nightingale the | an educated womian | capable of administrative duties was | to take her place i in hospitals all over iV vent of trained nurse, real- qualifica- tions was that of “remaining sober for the time required to give casual and ; wounded. The. Crimean talking. ofthe first. World Fair. ‘Ad: |. feature of significance. . “ministration: of India appeared. ‘to be ablythe: first. time-since. the days of | No: thought of the: Spanish Armada: that. any Euron nations: chad sent to. “sea’-s ‘Margea.force® of naval vessels. : ‘Unification’ of: Italy ‘was~ ‘in: sight | for. the: first ‘time: ‘as: Brances. Ttaly pa WwW ar. vhad another ; ‘pean: an connection: of Saanicl : in: 10° years.” theHudson’sBay. Company. 2 Seacta! ad nealing ane cand the & part slaved ° rocts was: built dt’ William Bowman was the” ore | Was intended to use part. oft cit as feinator of this stage service. and @ school: “A portion is parted off George Feay-for the convenience . 2 serve of Cowichan’ settlers,-advertised as contemporary | Nevertheless - aken tow ards this oni for in June, Te Howe, the Vieary wrate to the Revs your Henry: oy ry, who owned and “erend its dward C ridge, of Vie toria, } . Superintendent of education far the Colony: ‘of Vancouver Tshand "to make known —— the: desire a the We a school’, go reads one, were always in readiness ta convey pase | a He Feported thn there were "7 boys and eight irks ander satisfied with what he, found in satithern «section without “investiga. Presumably some of the parents tins anything: further: north in the meantime stepped: into. the breach, for Walter h whi fathe at he the Vt: ; a heal ner tauga vein pot McPHAIL ; “Macken. (Continued From Page One) vic was an ald friend of the elder Anderson and an eoming to Van- . . . Ishind he sought ont the | ord exists of his exact activ G hand even his death is shrouded in’ LY6ovears of age, Anderson tells and was deubly GY: this pioneer teacher Walter | he shawn stay uA us Unt Ae contd tata va Te on tis Ub web ay. aching hostlion _ ntedntime ta try to hananer sone A tea hig anid . theroughness of his methods... ™"! D hated © him ‘a fearsome... Following is the original list. Palpable errors have been correct- ed-since its first publication. FIRST LIST Anderson, Alexander Caulfield, Victoria, 20 acres freehold, North Saanich. Bull, John Augustus, no fixed residence, 400 acres freehold, Saanich. ; ‘Coles, John, Coles Harbour, 50 acres freehold, North Saanich. Deeks,. George, Swan Place, 200 acres freehold, South Saanich. Doane, Joseph Homer, Vic- toria, 400 acres freehold, Saan- ich. Franklin, Selim, Victoria, 100 acres freehold, North Saanich. Foster, George, Constance Farm, 20 acres freehold, Saanich. Green Edward, Victoria, 146 acres freehold Saanich. Helmcken, John Sebastian, Victoria, more than. 200 acres freehold, North Saanich. . Lidgate, Duncan, 6th. section, East Saanich freehold, Saanich. . “McPhail: Aeneas, Bay Farm, 177 acres freehold, South Saanich. McDonald, William John, Vic- toria, 200 acres freehold, Saan- ich, Morrell, Leon, Victoria county, over 20 acres freehold, Saanich, Mayne, Richard Charles, . Es- quimalt,, 125 acres freehold, “North Saanich. Mowat,’ William Alexander, © Clifton. Cottage freehold, Saan- ich. Maine, Alexander Finlay, Vic- toria, freehold, Saanich. .Reid,. James Murray, Victoria, | ‘$0: acres freehold, Saanich::. . Richardson, - - George, ’ ‘Victoria, | 300 acres ‘freehold, Saanich. » Simpson, Henry,’ Stream Farm, ; 300 ‘acres freehold, Saanich. Thomson, “William, Bannock- | burn, 200:; acres freehold. ‘Saanich. = Mention’ has been | a ae ot \arming community, “eapecially of'| fe" Boys’ and: Girls’ Club 730 p.m. a S ithe’ formation’ of Fort ‘Victoria~by.: ups and downs, : the: excitements, a" gentle, rambling. Tt Was. Wash-" cups the rigors: of the gold- mining EVERYBODY. WELCOME . ington and’ part.of: Oregon. “were ‘districts’ of. the interior. of British —— ‘under the ‘British: flag.” : ayy. Preliminary: surveys: ;had: ‘already | ‘been. carried out of most of” the goose, Donald McDonald, Captain coastline - -of Vancouver Island by: 5G, ‘S. Butler, William. Gray,.James. Pentecostal. Church” _, Columbia. ° : - Such:: men’ ‘were William: Ture ‘Moses, Joseph. Jones,. Henr . iwhich: pervades ‘the. northern’ sec- |]. Morning Service = tion of: Saanich ‘today “had: its \be- “ginning | “among those -ex-Cariboo Ttheir descendants today show ‘that the contempor- these» spiritual roots were planted deep down in their hearts in the e.days when. their forebears were all strnesling together in their ef- forts to carve homes out of the wilderness and to “grow two bindes of wrass where only one parew betore.” guilty to a ‘charge of failing to the car-driven by. Johnson was j collision with .a telephone pole S175. stated police, Anemones Spmemnymememanneattren amin orammninnee ° IT. WAS. NEARER MORE ABOUT | mystery, Hie came out of withont excitinn vomment “phars aware that he chad dled.” RCMP, ‘court “when: he “Pleaded port: an “accident on. the ‘highway, comeessnwinenmpcrensetsiereusumensaiermstsnmeyssenarenenrene ti >The charge -arose- from an incident Se an Sunday ‘morning, June 13, when Patricia: Bay, Damage amounted to Soult, Saanich. was populated: \ the -early .Bettlers chefore — North "| Saanich, . A. traveller from Vietoria looking ‘for likely and: waa : uauially: eee ee a eatin idetiatiaatingts sethattedhabetatete aaa PE PE AA ORE OE BOB AE A EOE RO AO lh Nevertheless the name of Anges knot ledge intoe the heads of agi Methiail will never: fade. away. as ona. . Sunday wery Spe | WS AS FURIE AERA WHEE ten a eat “man and “though I. ‘afters: ‘ins amid. the luxuriant: Valleys and the benefit: of hig Ws ofthe Peninsula, A man of * the. Mystery. he was the first of thoin | The home built. hy the. first’ pion- _¢er stood on the property now owns “dwelling: ed by W. C. Woodward, West Sanne house were built in: 1864 and: early ich Road. until recent years. | were bona fide voters in Saanich. ee | ‘Thain, James Nelson, Victoria, } 100 acres freehold, North Saan- | ich. ! Of the names listed on the first jyeters! list those of Bull, Coles, i Deeks, Lidgate, McPhail, Morrell. | Simpson and Thomson appeared [only on the Saanich list. All others were also to be found elsewhere. LAKE DISTRICT -South of the. Saanich District fand tying between Saanich and | Victoria was the Lake District. -In I july. 1858, a return was presented | to the Imperial House of Com- imons, listing lands: which had been sold by the Hudson's Bay Com- pany prior‘to that time. This list is as follows: William Hillier, 40. acres; Wil- liam Pike, 40 acres: Robert Porter, 80 acres; James and Robert Fish, $0 acres: Caleb Pike, 60 acres; Charles Dodd, 262 acres; George Blenkinsop, 365 acres; Richard Smith, 41 acrss; John Caspar von Allman. 60 acres; John Williams, Sr., 27 acres; John Williams, Jr., 27, acres; Edmund Williams, 27 acres; William Williams, 27 acres; Richard Castleton, 27. acres; George McKenzie, 250 acres. The C hurches | ANGLICAN SERVICES Rector, Rev. Roy Melville . Sunday, June 27 Holy. Trinity— Matins © oe ll. 00 a.m. St. Andrew’s— ae . Holy: Communion .:.8. ; Evensong ‘St. Augustine’s— is en i * Mating oe eecees secesetee ee 30 a. m., _ nae BAPTIST “FRIDAY—— atte Service winks 8. 00. D. mi: North Saanich | Daniel |] Pastor G. W. Brooks | y » Many men whose names. were. des-.. »Brackman and ‘Jack: Edwards. No Sunday § School and Lenberg had. acquired. Saanich prop-| It was: not until the. late sum- tined to make Saanich history were doubt the strong community’ spirit Bible Class ....... OAS am time but will take real. pleasure in publishing his author! ierty. before the completion of the|mer of 1862 that a wagon road of: even now in the Victoria area, ; first survey of 1859, but his townsite |a sort. was completed. at least. as | —————— plans. were too ambitious for the | far as “Rosebank”: ag “AV-C.-An- sers. We feel that they cut. i time. Parts of his: advertisement derson farm, but. “meandered ‘Church | iss an ‘interesting and. ‘ap: miners, To the onlooker the. sin-, nera hasnitality and ‘the -friendlie! in that nace and the kind regard for each 11,00 asm. Every: Wednesday couple, Biiday 6,00 pam, a a Ce enemeal Sidney Gospel Hall . Fifth Street, Sidney EVERY SUNDAY The Lord's Supper......11.15 am, Sundsy School and Bible Class. lO 15 am, Gospel Service ...ccsseee730 Pm, Speaker, Sunday, June 27 ., Mr. Jas. MeNeill, EVERY WEDNESDAY : Prayer and: Bible Study, 8 pam. Te~ in at UNITED CHURCH mS Sunday, June 27 ‘Shady ‘Creel cennnec10,00 nam. ~ hey, W, Buckinghant, a: Beeeit onl. eel lS a, m, ~ Dr HT: 7 ‘Coleman, St Pat's, Sidney... evo L130 asin, ~ Communion Servier,’ Rey W, Ruckinghams “Taue COVE) Boscscccunne 280 paws” Rev, W, iinekingham, St. Paul's.’ Sidney, 7.30 py. mM. Communion: Servier. Rev. Frank W, Wardy. 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