Esquimalt as seen from Parsons Bridge, Six Mile, Vancouver Island, between 1893 and 1900

Caption on mount: Esquimalt from Parsons Bridge PH Coll 1496.5a In 1848, millright John Fenton built a saw-mill on a site owned by the Hudson Bay Company. The site would come to be known as Six Mile. The first lumber sawn was used in a barn at the North Dairy Farm. It was also from here that the fir...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Macmunn, Charles
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 1893
Subjects:
Cities & towns > British Columbia
Esquimalt (B.C.)
Vancouver Island (B.C.)
Hudson Bay
Canada
Hudson
British Columbia
Leech
Fenton
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/539
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Summary:Caption on mount: Esquimalt from Parsons Bridge PH Coll 1496.5a In 1848, millright John Fenton built a saw-mill on a site owned by the Hudson Bay Company. The site would come to be known as Six Mile. The first lumber sawn was used in a barn at the North Dairy Farm. It was also from here that the first export of lumber went to California. It consisted of 8,000 feet and the price was $80. per 1000 feet. The following year Fenton was lured to California by the tales of gold. Bill Parsons (Parson as he was called) replaced Fenton and he built a bridge over Millstream which in the 1863 gold rush provided access to the Sooke and Leech River areas.

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