There are several images of the castle, gardens and grounds at various points in time, as well as of Dunsmuir family members, and those of staff or contractors who worked on the Hatley Park estate. Some images are not from Hatley Park but have been included in collection because of their obvious connections, such as images of the Wellington mines.
Photos show the family gathered at the Peachey home by the old stables at Hatley Park. These stables were converted to apartments by Laura Dunsmuir. There are also photos in the croquet garden.
Sans titreCaption from original album: “April 1933. Mary, two daughters of friend of Peachey’s, John, Hatley Park".
The boy is identified elsewhere as John Smyth Jr. Caption reads: In Elsie's Garden at Hatley Park. Frederick and Elsie Peachey lived in one of the apartments made from the converted stables building.
The boy is identified elsewhere as John Smyth Jr.
The bearded man is identified elsewhere as Grandfather Peachey. They are sitting in the area around the converted stables building at Hatley Park. Frederick and Elsie Peachey lived here.
The bearded man is identified elsewhere as Grandfather Peachey
notes read: The Peachey's home at Hatley Park; Jan [Ian?] Galliford lived here also, with parents; James Audain and his sister once lived on other side of house [rest of sentence cut off]
The upper Japanese garden at Hatley Park was designed by Japanese landscape architect Isaburo Kishida. The garden was installed in 1909 and developed by Tadashi Noda from 1913-1927.
The Italian garden to the west of the castle was added as part of extensive development of the Hatley Park estate by Boston based landscape architects, Brett and Hall from 1912-1914.
Hatley Castle was designed by Samuel Maclure and built by contractor Thomas Catterall between 1908 and 1910. The castle was owned by the Dunsmuir family from 1908 until 1940 when it was purchased by the Canadian government for use as a Naval training establishment.