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2986 Malaspina Promenade
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...
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Mar 241 min read
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2980 Malaspina Promenade
From 1915 to 1918 the property was registered to Norman S. Mullett of Modern Office Supply in Vancouver. Emily Wootten was the owner...
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Mar 243 min read
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Green's PointÂ
John Green's one-room cabin (Image F03779 courtesy of the BC Archives) Savary Island's first non-indigenous resident, John Green , also...
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Mar 124 min read
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2958 Malaspina Promenade
In 1913 Harry Keefer persuaded about a dozen families to travel on the S.S. Cowichan  to Savary, leaving Vancouver on July 3rd and...
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Mar 113 min read
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3100 Malaspina Promenade
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...
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Mar 42 min read
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3025 Arbutus Avenue
The McIntyre cottage address is 3025 Arbutus Avenue. A combination woodshed and bunkhouse sits on the adjacent lot to the west (3021...
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Mar 32 min read
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3083 Arbutus Avenue
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....
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Dec 13, 20243 min read
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3010 Malaspina Promenade
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...
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Nov 29, 20243 min read
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3044 Malaspina Promenade
Peter Lamont was listed as the first owner (children Don and Mary), from 1915 to 1925. According to Gladys Bloomfield, the original...
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Nov 29, 20241 min read
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3068 Malaspina Promenade
The property was registered in1915 to Alice Grey Shine , c/o R.S. Sherman. It was purchased in 1920 by Vancouver dentist Dr. Frank...
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Nov 11, 20242 min read
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3069 Townley Walk
(The address was changed from 3069 Arbutus Avenue to 3069 Townley Walk in the 1990s by Libby Sharp) Â Â T he property is located behind...
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Nov 11, 20244 min read
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3091 Arbutus Avenue & 3070 Malaspina Promenade
3070 Malaspina Promenade is a ten-foot easement, originally part of 3074 Malaspina Promenade, the adjacent property to the east, owned by...
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Nov 9, 20242 min read
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2928 Malaspina Promenade
The first registered owner was Mrs. Ethel Herchmer, the adjacent property owner who used the lot as part of her extensive garden. The...
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Oct 29, 20242 min read
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2924 Malaspina Promenade
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...
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Oct 28, 20241 min read
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2994 Malaspina Promenade
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...
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Oct 8, 20242 min read
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3059 Arbutus Avenue
The owner of the property from 1915 to 1916 was shown as A. Pharn of Vancouver. In 1917 the owner was listed as J.B. Parham  of the...
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Oct 7, 20242 min read
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3036 Malaspina Promenade
In 1912, Ruiter Stinson Sherman purchased lot 19 from the Vancouver Trust Company, whose president was Harry Leroy Jenkins. The house...
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Jun 5, 20242 min read
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2942 Malaspina Promenade
Original Savary Inn far left The original Savary Inn, Â a two-storey structure located at the head of the wharf, was built by Harry Keefer...
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Jun 2, 20243 min read
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3032 Malaspina Promenade
The property of four lots was purchased by S. Buchanan  in 1915. The Married Women’s Property Act of 1900 allowed a wife to own property...
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Jun 1, 20242 min read
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  3074 Malaspina Promenade
The first house on the property was built in 1912 by  Louis Anderson who had originally arrived on Savary as a logger. He was the second...
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May 29, 20242 min read
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