- CA RRU 2011.020-A-2-9
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- 1942 - 1964
Part of Royal Roads Military College
This image shows instruction of boxing to the cadets at the college, which was standard until 1965.
Part of Royal Roads Military College
This image shows instruction of boxing to the cadets at the college, which was standard until 1965.
Part of Royal Roads Military College
Journey's End, lawn with birdbath
Part of K. McCann
In 1928, Muriel Dunsmuir married Maurice “Tolly” Wingfield and by 1932, they had built Journey’s End, a home adjacent to the Hatley Park property and in the Arts and Crafts style. In 1952, it was used as a staff residence for Canadian Services College Royal Roads and since 1988, it has been the administration building for Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Park.
Interior, chest of drawers, Hatley Park
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Hatley Castle was designed by renowned British Columbia architect Samuel Maclure for James Dunsmuir. Using only the finest materials, builders, stonemasons and detail carpenters only took 18 months to construct the building from 1908 until 1910.
This image shows a chest of drawers from the third floor bedroom in the central tower of the castle. On the drawers is a portrait of James Dunsmuir Jr. in military uniform and a picture of Laura Dunsmuir. The room was used by Elinor Dunsmuir in the 1930s.
Woman on lawn holding a small white dog
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Hatley Park Neptune Staircase, from under port-cochere
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The Neptune Steps and Fountain Court to the north of the castle were added as part of extensive development of the Hatley Park estate by Boston based landscape architects, Brett and Hall from 1912-1914.
When Laura Dunsmuir died in 1937, the house and grounds were maintained by a skeleton staff until it was sold to the Canadian Government in 1940.
Baby on a man's knee, possibly Thomas Catterall
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women playing croquet at Burleith
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Ashburn, built in 1899 at Work Point, Esquimalt
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The house was built in 1899 by Samuel Maclure for Col. J. Peters.
Hatley Park Neptune Staircase, from under port-cochere
Part of K. McCann
The Neptune Steps and Fountain Court to the north of the castle were added as part of extensive development of the Hatley Park estate by Boston based landscape architects, Brett and Hall from 1912-1914.
When Laura Dunsmuir died in 1937, the house and grounds were maintained by a skeleton staff until it was sold to the Canadian Government in 1940.
Part of K. McCann
Hatley Castle was designed by renowned British Columbia architect Samuel Maclure for James Dunsmuir. Using only the finest materials, builders, stonemasons and detail carpenters only took 18 months to construct the building from 1908 until 1910.
This image of a room inside Hatley Castle is likely the bedroom suite on the third floor of the central tower. Initially intended for James Dunsmuir Jr., this large suite was inhabited by Elinor Dunsmuir in the 1930s.
young women on a porch, Cowichan River
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L to R: unknown, Eileen Molyneux, Muriel Dunsmuir
Mount Baker with ocean in foreground
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Hatley Park Italian Garden from west
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Hatley Castle was designed by renowned British Columbia architect Samuel Maclure for James Dunsmuir. Using only the finest materials, builders, stonemasons and detail carpenters only took 18 months to construct the building from 1908 until 1910.
The Italian garden to the west of the castle and the croquet lawn below was added as part of extensive development of the Hatley Park estate by Boston based landscape architects, Brett and Hall from 1912-1914.
When Laura Dunsmuir died in 1937, the house and grounds were maintained by a skeleton staff until it was sold to the Canadian Government in 1940.
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Woman and man pushing wheelchair, Hatley Park
Part of K. McCann
The man and woman, likely Dunsmuir staff, are pushing a wheelchair occupied by Arthur Selden Humphreys (see image 83).
Laura Dunsmuir with some of her children
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L to R: Kathleen, Laura, Marion, James, Kathleen
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Hatley Park, birdbaths and urns, Italian Garden from south west corner
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Hatley Castle was designed by renowned British Columbia architect Samuel Maclure for James Dunsmuir. Using only the finest materials, builders, stonemasons and detail carpenters only took 18 months to construct the building from 1908 until 1910.
The Italian garden to the west of the castle and the croquet lawn below was added as part of extensive development of the Hatley Park estate by Boston based landscape architects, Brett and Hall from 1912-1914.
When Laura Dunsmuir died in 1937, the house and grounds were maintained by a skeleton staff until it was sold to the Canadian Government in 1940.
Mountain view, possibly Hatley Park
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Muriel and Marion Dunsmuir on a see saw
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The woman in the centre is unidentified
woman with two dogs at Hatley Park
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The woman is possibly one of the Dunsmuir maids. The large dog is named Banker.
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Silhouettes were a common way to capture a portrait before photography was widely used. This silhouette may be Laura Dunsmuir or a friend of the family.
Floating wisteria arbour in bloom, Japanese garden
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The upper Japanese garden at Hatley Park was designed by Japanese landscape architect Isaburo Kashida. The garden was installed in 1909 and developed by Tadashi Noda from 1913-1927.
The picture was taken on the eastern shore of the pond, looking north. The wooden floating wisteria arbour was replaced with a metal structure during the military college era.