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A school girl, St. Margaret's school, Victoria

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-3-143
  • Item
  • 1912-1919
  • Part of K. McCann

Dola Dunsmuir attended St. Margaret’s School in Victoria. The school was designed by Francis Rattenbury and opened at Fort and Fern Street in 1912. The school moved to a new location in 1970.

Japanese Garden bench and magnolia, Hatley Park

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-4-143
  • Item
  • 1938-1940
  • Part of K. McCann

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.

Japanese garden and fishing bridge

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-1-144
  • Item
  • 1913-1937
  • Part of K. McCann

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 images shows the rustic fishing bridge at the north end of the pond and cherry trees in bloom in the upper garden.

view from Japanese Garden pavilion, Hatley Park

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-4-144
  • Item
  • 1938-1940
  • Part of K. McCann

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.

William Edward John ("Fred") Mann, coachman, Hatley Park by the Neptune Steps

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-3-145
  • Item
  • 1912-1919
  • Part of K. McCann

Coachman, William Edward John (‘Fred’) Mann, was in charge of the stables at Hatley Park. The Neptune Steps , visible behind and 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.

Goldrush town buildings

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-6-145
  • Item
  • 1895-1905
  • Part of K. McCann

Possibly Dawson City. The Ora, Nora, and Flora (see building on right) were steamships built at Albion Ironworks for Francis Rattenbury. He started a business transporting people across Bennett Lake during the Klondike goldrush

Tennis courts, Hatley Park

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-1-145
  • Item
  • 1913-1937
  • Part of K. McCann

The rose garden and tennis courts were added as part of extensive development of the estate by Boston based landscape architects, Brett and Hall from 1912-1914.

Japanese Garden island, Hatley Park

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-4-145
  • Item
  • 1938-1940
  • Part of K. McCann

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.

Japanese Garden tree at Hatley Park

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-4-146
  • Item
  • 1938-1940
  • Part of K. McCann

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.

Black horse

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-3-146
  • Item
  • 1912-1919
  • Part of K. McCann

Possibly Dola's horse, named Beauty.

WEJ (Fred) Mann and two horses in front of Neptune Steps, Hatley Park

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-3-147
  • Item
  • 1912-1919
  • Part of K. McCann

Coachman, William Edward John (‘Fred’) Mann, was in charge of the stables at Hatley Park. The two horses pictured are James Dunsmuir Jr.'s dapple grey horse, Kismet, and Dogfox, a polo horse belonging to James' Dunsmuir Sr.'s brother-in-law, Reggie Chaplain.

Rose garden, Hatley Park

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-1-147
  • Item
  • 1913-1937
  • Part of K. McCann

The rose garden to the west of the Japanese garden was added as part of extensive development of the estate by Boston based landscape architects, Brett and Hall from 1912-1914. The original plans show a small pond or reservoir in the centre of the garden but this was replaced with a sundial.

Gate House on Sooke Road, Hatley Park

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-4-147
  • Item
  • 1938-1940
  • Part of K. McCann

Hatley Castle was designed by renowned British Columbia architect Samuel Maclure for James Dunsmuir. The estate was further developed from 1912-1914 by Boston based landscape architects, Brett and Hall. This included addition of a new entrance and gate house on Sooke Road that would bring the visitor down a winding, serpentine road to the main house. This view is from outside the property, on Sooke Road.

sternwheeler named Canadian

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-6-147
  • Item
  • 1898-1905
  • Part of K. McCann

The Canadian was built in 1898 and ran until 1937. It was the largest of ships in the Yukon

Gate House on Sooke Rd., Hatley Park

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-4-148
  • Item
  • 1938-1940
  • Part of K. McCann

Hatley Castle was designed by renowned British Columbia architect Samuel Maclure for James Dunsmuir. The estate was further developed from 1912-1914 by Boston based landscape architects, Brett and Hall. This included addition of a new entrance and gate house on Sooke Road that would bring the visitor down a winding, serpentine road to the main house. This view is from inside the property gates, looking towards Sooke Road.

James and Laura Dunsmuir and group in Egypt

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-3-148
  • Item
  • 1912
  • Part of K. McCann

The Dunsmuir family and some friends took an extended vacation from November 1911 to September 1912. They started the vacation in Switzerland and then travelled along the Nile, enjoying a variety of Egyptian historic sites and experiences. After their tour of the Nile, the Dunsmuirs travelled on to England and took over Bisham Abbey in Buckinghamshire for the spring and summer months.

Sternwheeler Clifford Sifton

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-6-149
  • Item
  • 1899-1904
  • Part of K. McCann

The Clifford Sifton ship was built in 1899 on Bennett lake and travelled between Bennett, Dawson and White Horse. It was wrecked in 1904. The ship was named for the Minister of the Interior, Clifford Sifton (1896-1905) who implemented various policies to encourage immigration to western Canada.

Rose garden sundial, Hatley Park

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-1-149
  • Item
  • 1913-1937
  • Part of K. McCann

The rose garden to the west of the Japanese garden was added as part of extensive development of the estate by Boston based landscape architects, Brett and Hall from 1912-1914. The original plans show a small pond or reservoir in the centre of the garden but this was replaced with a sundial.

Belmont Gate House, Ocean Blv., Hatley Park

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-4-149
  • Item
  • 1938-1940
  • 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. The Belmont gate house on the eastern side of the property was the original main entrance and was occupied by estate manager John Graham Graham and his wife, Clara. The estate was further developed from 1912-1914 by Boston based landscape architects, Brett and Hall. This included addition of a new entrance on Sooke Road that would bring the visitor down a winding, serpentine road to the main house.
This view is from within the property looking towards Ocean Boulevard.

James Dunsmuir and (possibly) Laura on Donkeys, Egypt

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-3-149
  • Item
  • 1912
  • Part of K. McCann

The Dunsmuir family and some friends took an extended vacation from November 1911 to September 1912. They started the vacation in Switzerland and then travelled along the Nile, enjoying a variety of Egyptian historic sites and experiences. After their tour of the Nile, the Dunsmuirs travelled on to England and took over Bisham Abbey in Buckinghamshire for the spring and summer months.

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