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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1893
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Online Access: | http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/539 |
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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