The Oldest House Currently on the Island By Sherwood Inglis In the 1870’s, under the BC Homestead Act, Savary Island was divided into five District Lots — DL1372, 1373, 1375, 1376 and 1377 (for whatever reason, there does not appear to be a DL1374). In 1888, Jack Green preempted the 160 acres of DL1372, located at the eastern end of Savary. Between 1888 and 1891 he also preempted the 317 acre DL1375 at mid-island and DL1377 at the western end. And on October 3, 18

The original owner of the property, from 1915 to 1917, is shown as E. Schaefer Morris. It was sold to Flora May Currie in 1918. Property records indicate Irene Stoddart (husband Irving) as the owner in 1919. Their children were Ira, Jean and Irene. The house was designed by Irene Stoddart, and was dark brown with a reddish roof. Daughter Irene attended school on Savary in 1919. According to Gladys Bloomfield, Irene remembered as a child being afraid and crying when the Unio

According to the Savary Island Park plan which shows the early subdivision of DL 1373 in 1910, the two lots fronting Malaspina Promenade and two behind on Arbutus Avenue were first owned by a Mr. Thulin of Lund. Records show that from 1912 to 1925 these lots were owned by Harry Keefer and Emma and Ruth Roberts. Known quaintly at that time as “the Misses Roberts”, the sisters also owned the original Savary Inn with Harry Keefer. Around 1926 the lots were purchased by Percy

From 1915 to 1917 the title was registered to Lettie M. Bennett , c/o Keefer and Townley. The house was built in approximately 1915. In 1917 ownership changed to Lilly M. Burnett , wife of Kenneth Lumsden Burnett who also owned the adjacent property to the west. Ruyter S. Sherman , who had camped on the grass in front of the house in 1910 with his wife Nellie and daughter Maud, purchased the property in 1919. He named the house Traumerei , a German word for daydream or reveri

From 1915 to 1917 the title was registered to Malcolm McCraith, c/o Keefer & Townley. McCraith was part of the Savary Island Park Association which was responsible for selling the previously subdivided lots. From 1917 to 1932 the owner was listed as Malcolm McCraith, with the period of 1922 to 1925 shown as owned by W. Vaughan-Robinson. The house was built in 1930 and McCraith lived there alone. According to Gladys Bloomfield, at some point he developed an ear infection whic

The cottage was built in 1914 by Bill Mace for Frank McFarland (wife Emily Louise, son George). The McFarland house was the site of the...

From 1915 to 1918 the property was registered to Norman S. Mullett of Modern Office Supply in Vancouver. Emily Wootten was the owner...

John Green's one-room cabin (Image F03779 courtesy of the BC Archives) Savary Island's first non-indigenous resident, John Green , also...

In 1913 Harry Keefer persuaded about a dozen families to travel on the S.S. Cowichan to Savary, leaving Vancouver on July 3rd and...

The first owner of the property of four lots is listed as W. Vaughan-Robinson , in 1915. From 1916 to 1925 the registered owner is...

The McIntyre cottage address is 3025 Arbutus Avenue. A combination woodshed and bunkhouse sits on the adjacent lot to the west (3021...

The Upper House (Graphite Image by Laine Dahlen) From 1915 to 1922 the property was registered to R.S. Sherman, c/o Keefer and Townley....

From 1915 to 1917 the property was registered to the Vancouver Trust Company. In 1918 it was purchased by R.W. Bridge of 2027 W. 36th...

Peter Lamont was listed as the first owner (children Don and Mary), from 1915 to 1925. According to Gladys Bloomfield, the original...

The property was registered in1915 to Alice Grey Shine , c/o R.S. Sherman. It was purchased in 1920 by Vancouver dentist Dr. Frank...

(The address was changed from 3069 Arbutus Avenue to 3069 Townley Walk in the 1990s by Libby Sharp) T he property is located behind...

3070 Malaspina Promenade is a ten-foot easement, originally part of 3074 Malaspina Promenade, the adjacent property to the east, owned by...

The first registered owner was Mrs. Ethel Herchmer, the adjacent property owner who used the lot as part of her extensive garden. The...

From 1915 to 1922 the property was registered in the name of Rena Wye of Vancouver and then changed to A.L. McKillop , also of...

Harry Leroy Jenkins was listed as the property owner from 1915 to 1918. Jenkins was a lumber baron who at one time owned all the logging...