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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/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…
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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…
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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…