You searched for City|State: victoria, bc
Page 10 of 13 — Showing results 91 to 100 of 125
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX02_the-childrens-graves_Victoria-BC.html
Soon after the Helmckens moved into their new log house in 1853, Cecilia gave birth to a baby boy ?before the doors had been hung", as Dr Hemcken later recalled.Later Dr Helmcken wrote: " When he was about a month or two old we found him dead in t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX01_the-old-mans-garden_Victoria-BC.html
Dr. Helmcken loved tending the family garden throughout his long live. In his memoirs, he described his passion for gardening in the 1850s:"At this time I was a great gardener - worked hard - up at 5 or 6 o'clock digging & c. Indians cleared out t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX00_cecilia-helmcken_Victoria-BC.html
Born on October 24, 1834, Cecilia was the eldest daughter of James and Amelia Douglas."The room of Mr. Douglas, partly an office and partly domestic, stood open and there I saw Cecilia his eldest daughter flitting about, active as a little squirre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWZ3_the-parade-of-ships_Victoria-BC.html
These plaques commemorate famous vessels in the history of Victoria and pay tribute to pioneers they brought to this new land, the men and women who fought the good fight and built Victoria and British Columbia.This key plaque presented by Horace …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWYG_log-cabin-to-victorian-parlour_Victoria-BC.html
As the Helmcken family grew, so did this house. You can see three stages in the structure.[Right section]The original 1852 log cabin was built in a fur trade post-in-sill style with hand hewn squared logs and cedar shingles. Hearths in three rooms…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWYF_doctor-john-sebastian-helmcken_Victoria-BC.html
John Sebastian Helmcken was born in London in 1924. He trained to be a doctor at Guys Hospital, London.He arrived in Victoria as a surgeon and clerk for the Hudson Bay Company on March 24, 1850.Dr. Helmcken entered politics in 1856, becoming the f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWYE_st-anns-pioneer-schoolhouse_Victoria-BC.html
[English]St. Ann's schoolhouse was purchased by Bishop Demers for the four sisters of the order of St. Ann who came from Quebec in June, 1858, to teach in Victoria. It is believed to be the oldest building in Victoria which is still in use, possib…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWVX_sir-james-douglas_Victoria-BC.html
[English]Justifiably described as "the father of British Columbia", Douglas was born in Demerara. He joined the North West Company in 1819, serving at Fort William and Ile a la Crosse where he was taken into the Hudson's Bay Company. Rising rapidl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWVW_st-anns-schoolhouse_Victoria-BC.html
This log cabin is one of the oldest buildings in western Canada. It was built in the French-Canadian fur trade post and sill style between 1843 and 1852.Bishop Modeste Demers purchased it from carpenter Leon Morel in 1855 and transferred it to the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWVV_the-sisters-of-st-ann_Victoria-BC.html
In 1850, Marie Esther Blondin, now known as Blessed Marie Anne Blondin founded the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Ann, a Roman Catholic religious order dedicated to education and nursing in Lachine, Quebec.Bishop Modeste Demers of Victoria w…