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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EX4_soda-fountain-sit-in_Auburn-BC.html
The factory buildings have been demolished and the land is now designated as provincial parkland. The one remaining chimney is within The Butchart Gardens and stands as a beacon to the cement industry it once served.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EX1_ross-fountain-lookout_Auburn-BC.html
Directly behind the Ross Fountain lies Tod Inlet and the site of the Vancouver Portland Cement Company established in 1904. Adjacent to the plant at Tod Inlet was a village that housed the employees.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EWY_ross-fountain-lookout_Auburn-BC.html
This smaller quarry was a source of limestone in the 1860s. It was here that Ian Ross, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Butchart, devised his spectacular fountain with the assistance of his plumber, Adrian Butler and his electrician, Vic Dawson. The Ross …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EWV_the-sunken-garden-lake_Auburn-BC.html
The deepest part of the quarry floor was sealed, lined and allowed to fill with water from a natural spring forming a lake 40 ft deep in places. Mr. Butchart stocked the pool with trout which would rise to the surface to be fed when he clapped his…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EWU_the-quarry-walls_Auburn-BC.html
The barren rock face of the quarry presented Jennie Butchart with a challenge. She hung in a bosun's chair to plant ivy in the crevices in the rock walls.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EWP_sunken-garden-lake-sit-in_Clarendon-BC.html
Limestone was also quarried up the hill from the Sunken Garden. It was transported in ore buckets suspended on cables high above ground from some half a mile away.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EWL_the-sunken-garden_New-Johnsonville-BC.html
The Limestone deposit was exhausted in 1908 and the quarry abandoned. Mrs. Butchart conceived the idea of transforming the barren pit into a garden and thus the Sunken Garden came into being. In 1910 she planted Lombardy poplar trees in an attempt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EWC_the-butchart-gardens-les-jardins-butchart_Bruceton-Mills-BC.html
Jennie Butchart began to shape this magnificent landscape in 1904. She established, in the style of the grand estates of the period, several distinct gardens to evoke a range of aesthetic experiences. An abandoned limestone quarry was transformed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EVX_arbutus-tree-arbutus-menziesii_Victoria-BC.html
The only native broadleaf evergreen tree in Canada, the Arbutus is found from the southern coastline of BC to California. In BC the Arbutus grows in a narrow band along the south coast line, generally within 5 kilometers (3 miles), of the ocean. I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EVU_emily-carr_Victoria-BC.html
Victoria-born Emily Carr is British Columbia's most famous artist. Her art and writings are recognized across Canada. Emily grew up with a passion for art and a love of nature, especially animals. After high school she studied art in San Francisco…