- CA RRU 025-001-2-01-019
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- 1910-1937
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Bedroom inside Hatley Castle. Possibly Laura's bedroom or 3rd floor centre room, used by Elinor in the 1930s
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Bedroom inside Hatley Castle. Possibly Laura's bedroom or 3rd floor centre room, used by Elinor in the 1930s
Photo of a boy and a woman standing in a garden at Hatley Park.
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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.
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Part of Hatley Park Collection
File contains pictures of newly completed estate buildings and other Hatley Park images from the Jameson family collections.
People, not Dunsmuir family members
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Part of Hatley Park Collection
When James Dunsmuir purchased the Hatley Park land in 1907, he acquired some surrounding property to expand the estate and hired Samuel Maclure to design the large family home, now known as Hatley Castle. In 1911, unsatisfied with the estate layout, Dunsmuir hired Brett and Hall, a Boston-based landscaping company, to develop the estate and model farm.
drawing room with chairs arranged at west fireplace.
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drawing room with chairs arranged at west fireplace. Several foot stools are on display and all items are tagged ready for auction
Original stables courtyard with 5 horses on display. The building was later converted to apartments
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When Samuel Maclure constructed Hatley Park, 1908-1910, several other buildings were also constructed as part of the estate, including a stables and separate garage at the top of the hill near Sooke Road. After the Dunsmuirs moved in, they decided some elements of the estate design were not satisfactory and hired Boston based landscape architects, Brett and Hall to make improvements. One of the improvements they made was to move the stables and garages closer to the main house and farming area. Laura Dunsmuir later converted the former stables into apartments for staff and/or family and visitors.
Entry Hall with mounted stag head above fireplace
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Ground for Italian garden and croquet lawn being prepared. Looking east
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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.
Ground for Italian garden and croquet lawn being prepared. Looking southeast
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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.
Ground being prepared for Italian garden and croquet lawn. View from lower pond looking northeast
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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 construction was overseen by contractor, Thomas Catterall.
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.
Ground being prepared for Italian garden and croquet lawn. Looking east
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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.
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.
Two women and a boy on a path in the Japanese Garden at Hatley Park
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The boy is identified elsewhere as John Smyth Jr.
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Part of Hatley Park Collection
Hatley Park Grounds and Gardens
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Images in this file show the some of the other buildings on the estate besides the castle and Japanese gardens.
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Part of Hatley Park Collection
Five people sat on deck chairs in a garden at Hatley Park
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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.
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The Hatley Park estate was so named in 1889 when the land was purchased by Roland Stuart and Charles St. Aubyn Pearse. The name derives from the ancestral home of the Pearse family in England. Pearse died in 1901 and Stuart had a number of other business partners and tenant farmers who helped manage the estate.
A large fire destroyed the property in 1905 and shortly after, Roland Stuart put the estate up for sale.
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Four people in the croquet lawn at Hatley park
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The bearded man is identified elsewhere as Grandfather Peachey
Young boy in gardens, possibly John Smyth
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