British Columbia Archives (hereafter BCA). Attorney General. F49 9. Uplands Farm – Letter to Colonial Secretary 27. April 1864.
BCA. Craigflower School – Letter. E.G. Alston. F209 1. September 19, 1870. Fisher, William – Letter to Colonial Secretary. October 15, 1869.
BCA. Colwood Land Company. ADD MSS 1950. Diverse collection, 1865-1970.
BCA. Finlayson, Roderick. F560 A5. Maple Point Establishment [Craigflower] – Supplies. List given July 23, 1855.
BCA. First Victoria Directory – A General Directory of Citizens. 1860.
BCA. Great Britain Foreign Office. DAG79 3. HBC correspondence with Foreign Office – 10 letters. P.R.O.F.O. v. 734.
BCA. Lands and Works Department. F910 22. Letter to Colonial Secretary. 1865.
BCA. ADD MSS 2037. Farm Life Edward Marriner – Cowichan Bay. 1860s.
BCA. Puget’s Sound Agricultural Company [hereafter PSAC]. AB 252. Abstract of valuation of the buildings and other improvements at the PSAC establishments. Undated.
BCA. AC 25 P96. PSAC correspondence outward. 1854, 1856, 1862.
BCA. AC25 M92. PSAC original 7 letters. 1859, 1861.
BCA. AB25. Prospectus, list of shareholders, 1852. General meeting, 1841.
BCA. AC25 P961. PSAC statements. 1857, 1861, 1863.
BCA. ADD MSS 2431. PSAC - McKenzie Family private papers relating to family and Craigflower.
BCA. AE R731 T58. PSAC - W.F. Tolmie Correspondence. 1850.
BCA. AB40 AN3.9. Origin of PSAC. 1865.
BCA. AC25H86. HBC grant of lands in Vancouver Island to PSAC. 1854.
“The Census of Vancouver Island, 1855.” British Columbia Historical Quarterly Vol. 4 No. 1 (January 1940): 51-58.
Mackie, Richard. Colonial Land, Indian Labour, and Company Capital: The Economy of Vancouver Island, 1849-1858.
Mackie, Richard. Wilderness Profound: Victorian Life on the Gulf of Georgia. Victoria, BC: Sono Nis Press, 1995.
Smith, Dwight L, ed. A Tour of Duty in the Pacific Northwest: E. A. Porcher and HMS Sparrowhawk, 1865-1868. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2000.
Taylor, Leona. “An Index to the British Colonist Newspaper, Victoria, B.C.” Victoria’s Victoria,
“Census [searchable census data, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901].” viHistory,
GR 332 Volume 1
Page 128 - 1848 - George Simpson's dispatches concerning farm yield.
Page 243 - PSAC
Page 280 - Sale of land
Page 287 - HBC and PSAC sale of land
Page 299 - 1851 - PSAC land stuff
Page 322 - 1851 - price of supplies, etc
Page 383 - HBC - extent of their lands on Vancouver Island (hereafter V.I)
GR332 Volume 2
Page 35 - 1852 - requesting returns from VI
Page 102 - 1853 - bringing in labourers by purchasing land
Page 318 - Modifications in land regulations
Page 331 - land sale regulations modified
GR332 Volume 3
page 1 - approval of imports
page 38 - concerns the selling of land to foreigners
page 40 - concerns the selling of land to foreigners
page 51 - 1857 - sales of land on V.I.
page 76 - land sales
page 77 - land sales
page 88 - 1857 - price of land on VI
page 126 - 1857 - land sales, expenditures, etc
page 196 - 1858 - request for return of all land sold
page 237 - land price
page 243 - concerning town lots in Victoria
page 244 - inquiry of land on VI
page 245 - response to above inquiry
page 248 - inquiry of sales of public land
page 259 - land in Victoria
GR332 Vol 4
page 84 - quantities of public land sold
GR 332 Vol 5
page 6 - question of public reserves
page 276 - Beckley Farm
page 311 - Scott, you didn't note what this was, but I'm guessing it was important!
GR 332 Vol 6
page 98 - statement of receipt for land sales
"Old Homes and Families" by J K Nesbitt. Appears to be features that ran in the Daily Colonist in the 1940s and 1950s about pioneer families, hotels, houses, etc, etc, etc. Varying degrees of helpful information to be found in these articles.
May 30 1948 - article about Lake Hill, Craigflower and the McKenzies
Sept 5 1948 - Work/Wark family and Hillside Farm
Aug 28 1949 - Tolmie and Cloverdale Farm
Mar 26 1950 - Strommers Farm
Apr 9 1950 - Skinner Farm
Feb 5 1950 - Pemberton/Gonzales
Nov 12 1950 - mention of the Melrose Diary, states that it is to be found in the BC Historical Association Quarterly, but no date or issue number given.
Dec 3 1950 - Deans - reference to McKenzies of Craigflower
Apr 22 1951 - Watsons (m. to Jessie McKenzie, so ref. to that family)
May 6 1951 - Irvines
The "Blue Book of Statistics" can be found on reels B14171-B14173 (formerly reels 625A-627A)
The Melrose Fonds (the famous diary): E/B/M49.1
The Irvine Family Fonds (Cedar Hill farmers): MS-0322
Nichols Fonds (about 1200 photos from around BC dated 1906-1960 and including Beckley Farm - not our period but might be useful to the 'half-way' between the 19th C and now): 98207-86
Some photos (I think these can all be found online):
- F-07393 (Melrose portrait)
- A-01480 (Cloverdale farm)
- A-02978 (Uplands farm)
- B-01462 (Cedar Hill farm)
Diary of Martha Elle 1853-56 - BC Historical Quarterly 13 - April 1949 91-112; Oct 1949 257-270
Brian Ceyles - Puget Sound Agricultural Company - 1847-57 - FC38229 P8C6
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