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Many Chinese workers were employed in the gardens at Hatley Park and Phillip Francis Hayward supervised several of the men as manager of the greenhouse complex.

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.
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.

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.

Peter Bugslag was a carpenter and caretaker employed at the Hatley Park estate. Several of his children also worked for the Dunsmuir family.

L to R: Marion, ?,?, Muriel

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.

Photograph taken during recruit obstacle course some weeks after recruits arrived at the college. Upon completion of the obstacle course, "recruits" are then referred to as "first year cadets".

The woman may be Jessie Dunsmuir or Sarah Byrd Dunsmuir

Physical training was an important part of military life at the college, and a callisthenics demonstration was part of the graduation celebration.

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. This rustic gate signified an entrance to the Japanese garden.

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.
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.

L to R: Elinor, Kathleen, Muriel. The girls appear to be in nightwear and are pretending to be sleepy.

The shape of this greenhouse is not the same as the Lord and Burnham greenhouses at Hatley Park and may have been on the estate prior to the improvements made by landscape architects, Brett and Hall from 1912 to 1914. It may also be somewhere other than Hatley Park.