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...

This iconic yellow stucco-clad home at the foot of the Savary wharf was built in 1924 by Ashton and Maud Spilsbury and their son Jim. The...

Arbutus Cottage was built by  Colonel Laurence Herchmer in 1911/1912 for his wife Ethel (nee Ashworth), and daughter Laurencia. They had first heard about Savary from Ethel’s brother George Ashworth and his wife Kate and Ethel’s sister and brother-in-law, Alice and C.R. (Bob)Townley. They travelled from Vancouver by Union Steamship to Lund, staying in the Lund Hotel where they were greeted by the owners, Mr. and Mrs. Thulin. A launch delivered them to the beach at Savary whe

The property of six lots was purchased in approximately 1915 by Henry Oswald Wootten  and Emily Louise Wootten  (children Geoffrey, Philip, David Oswald (Ossie) and Cora). H.O. Wootten with son Ossie, daughter Cora and wife Emily (standing) around 1918 The family lived in a tent on the property until 1917, when a three-bedroom plus sleeping porch house was built by Savary resident and prolific builder William Mace. They named the house “Heart’s Ease”. Mr. Mace constructed bea