Index

Note: Page numbers in bold indicate a photograph. Page numbers in italics indicate a sidebar.

Adrichem, Pat van, 49, 63, 68, 142, 143, 179, 182, 221

Albion (tug), 47, 81

Alexander (barge), 47, 81, 81–82

Anderson, Henry, 120

Andrews, Joyce, 147

arbutus trees, 8

archaeological sites, 9–12, 17, 168, 176–78, 180, 180, 191, 199

Armentieres (warship), 149, 149

Aspdin, Joseph, 33

Associated Cement Company of London, 119, 122

BACM Development Corporation, 190

Bagley, Jean, 136

Bamber, Henry K.G., 120

Bamberton (freighter), 120, 130, 131, 137, 174

Bamberton cement works

in 1930, 132

in 1966, 130, 183

activity shifts to, 129

closed in Depression, 132

equipment from Tod Inlet site, 132

established, 119–20

increased production, 145, 146

limestone sources, 153

reopens, 126

temporary closure, 122, 123

World War I, 121

World War II, 151

See also cement plant, workings of (Tod Inlet); cement plant complex (Tod Inlet)

Bamberton Provincial Park, 183

Barnard, Frank S., 154

Bartleman, Joe, 161

Bawlf, Sam, 192, 195

“BC Camps,” 141

BC Electric Railway Bridge, 82, 83

Beatrice (schooner ), 82

Beetlestone, John, 70, 73, 122

Beetlestone cabin, 70

Belfast (freighter), 83

Bilga, Gurdit Singh, 52–53

“Black Canyon,” 139, 140

blue grouse, 1, 163, 163–64, 164, 211

boating, as pastime, 90–92, 153, 154, 157–59, 175. See also canoes

boating, wartime, 154–57

“bossman,” payments to, 49

Brentwood Bay, 13, 21, 140, 174

Brentwood Bay and Me: 1930-1940 (Pugh), 135

British Columbia Cement Company

accident at vacant plant, 139

amalgamations and mergers, 123, 182–83

closures, rebranding, reopenings, 126, 127, 130

as corporate postmaster, 173

donates lands, 183

family events, 132

logging rights on company land, 168

British Columbia Electric Railway Company, 103, 103–4, 118

British Columbia Pilot, 22

British Columbia Portland Cement Company, 31

Burness Farm, 24–25

bus service, 173

Butchart, Jennie

cement testing, 67

death of, 174

employs Hugh Lindsay, 117

employs Yat Tong, 143

with family, 151

gardening interests, 47–48, 93, 114–15

legacy, 211–12, 216–17

open house, 79–80

recognized by City of Victoria, 145

travels, 115–16

Butchart, Robert Pim, 84

and Adolph Neu, 67

amalgamates plants, 123

builds house, 47

death of, 174

early ventures, 34–36

electricity to run plant, 103–4

establishes Vancouver Portland Cement Company, 35–36

with family, 151

increases production, 84

other business and personal interests, 48, 93, 116

residence, 80

retires, 131

Tod Creek Dam, 69

and World War I, 121–22

yachts, 92, 116, 116

See also Vancouver Portland Cement Company

Butchart Cove, 11, 70, 141

Butchart Gardens

acquires tile plant moulds, 181–82

aerial view, 1930, 147

aerial view, 1956, 167

Butchart’s Fishway, 208–9, 210

Chinese gardeners, 117

contrasted to cement plant, 211–12

designated historic site, 2, 210–11

development, 114, 114–17, 115, 117

ownership passed to Ian Ross, 151

Ross Fountain, 214

Sikh labourers, 98

Sunken Garden, 116, 138, 210

totem pole, 210, 211, 211

as tourist attraction, 144–45, 145, 212

Butler, Bud, 88

Butler, Claude Sr., 78

Butler, Wilfred, 41, 69–70, 87, 88

Butler, Wilfred II, 71–72

Calcite (yacht), 92

Camosun College marine survey, 207, 207

Canada C3 (Coast to Coast to Coast) Expedition, 215, 215–17, 216, 217

Canada Cement Company, 93

Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913–1918), 17

Canadian Kelp Company, 130

Canadian Museum of History, 52

Canadian Pacific Railway Company, 29–30, 31, 34, 54, 144

Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons, 157. See also Tod Inlet Power Boat Owners’ Association

Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, 114

canoes

dugout, 42, 42, 166

fishing, 15, 15–16

Indigenous, 21

races, 89, 89, 90–91, 159, 161, 161

See also boating, as pastime

Capital City Yacht Club, 157

Carney, Charles, 37–40

Carrier, Dem, 75, 77, 134, 139, 142, 148, 165, 165, 170

Carrier, Evelyn, 174

Carrier, James R., 130, 132–33, 133, 137, 144, 173

Carrier, Joyce, 135, 138

Carrier family and home, 135–37, 136

Carver, Roy, 179, 180, 182

Cascade, 83

caste system, 55

Cecil, Albert, 169–70

cement

amalgamation of plants (1909), 93

“cement clinker,” 59, 60, 91, 101

competition, 119–20, 122–23, 126

early need for, 33–34

early production, 29–30, 31–33, 34

market slowdown, 120–21

Portland variety, about, 33

prices, 82

projects used in, 47, 82, 130–31

rebranding, 130, 131

Shallow Lake, 35

shortage, 84

testing, 66–68, 67

“Vancouver Brand,” 47

See also cement shipping; Vancouver Portland Cement Company

cement plant, workings of (Tod Inlet)

accidents, 55–56, 102, 117, 139

ball mill, 57

demographics and numbers, 88, 95–96, 122, 129

dryers, 57, 59, 130

gypsum, 60, 60

health issues, 58, 59, 61–63, 83, 102, 117–18, 182

horses, 69, 69

kilns, 58, 58–59, 60, 63, 84, 131, 150

limestone processing, 55, 57

maximum production, 112

powerhouse, 56

records, 106–8, 107, 108

roll mill (manufacturer’s plate), 58

rotary cooler, 59–60

steam power, 55

storage and shipping, 60–61, 61

temporary closure (1908), 92

working conditions, 81

World War I effects, 120–22

See also Bamberton cement works; Vancouver Portland Cement Company

cement plant complex (Tod Inlet)

in the 1920s, 127

aerial view, 1930, 147

aerial view, 1956, 167

appraisal, 182–83

blacksmith shop, 64, 65, 65, 106, 107

bunkhouse, 68, 69, 77, 96, 121, 173

chemistry laboratory, 65, 66, 66

chimneys, 59, 192, 193, 212

closes, 126, 127–29

coal and coal house, 64, 107–8

cookhouse, 68, 74, 130

demolition, 191–92, 196, 197–98

end of, 180–83

“larder” storehouse, 170, 170, 197

laundry building, 142, 142–43, 178

post office, 69–70

testing, 66–68, 67

wharf, 64, 64, 83

See also Bamberton cement works; cement plant expansion (Tod Inlet); Vancouver Portland Cement Company

cement plant expansion (Tod Inlet)

accidents, 102

dry to wet process, 101, 102

infrastructure, 103

railway from quarry, 104, 104–5, 105

reasons for, 100

second wharf, 113, 113–14

telpher line, 100, 100, 101, 125

See also cement plant complex (Tod Inlet); Vancouver Portland Cement Company

cement shipping

company scow, 148

destinations, 82–83, 84

early days, 33, 47

loading and unloading, 80–81, 83, 84, 85, 98, 107–8, 109, 134–35

marine situation of inlet, 81

papers and waybills, 110, 113

ships (1905–1919), 81–82, 83, 111, 125, 125

ships (1920–1944), 126, 134, 145, 145–49

ships (post-1950), 174, 174

ships, role of, 109–14

World War I, 121

See also cement

“Cement Song,” 135

cement tiles, 148, 148–49

census, 1911, 74, 95–96, 115

census, 1921, 129

Central Films, 139

Charlie, Louis, 16

Charmer (steamer), 43, 43

Chinese community

after Tod Inlet plant closure, 141–42

alcohol and opium, 75–77

D’Arcy Island quarantine, 134

early demographics, 46

funeral process, 50

invasion of China by Japan, 150

Lunar New Year, 75, 144

origins, 41

traces of, 176, 177, 178

village, 141–44

See also Chinese labourers; Chinese village

Chinese head tax, 44, 46, 46

Chinese Immigration Act (1885), 46

Chinese labourers

accidents, 102

at Bamberton site, 129, 132

at British Columbia Cement Company, 123

at Butchart Gardens, 114–15, 115, 117, 129, 134, 143

census 1911, 74, 95–96, 115

census 1921, 129

as cooks, 68, 112

dwellings, 74–75

exploitation of, 49–50

families, 42, 46

laundry workers, 142

legacy, 214

limestone excavation, 44, 45, 100

living conditions, 143

occupational health issues, 63, 98

in official records, 41

personal stories, 44–46, 92–93

at plant, 80–81, 85, 95–96, 107–8

plant construction, 38–39, 40, 40, 41, 42

strike, 55

at tile plant, 134

woodcutters, 105–6

World War I, 121

See also Chinese community; Chinese village

Chinese village, 141–44, 142, 169, 176–80, 180

Ching, Louie, 115

Chong, Joe, 115

Chow Dom Ching, 44, 92–93

Chow Fung On, 129

Choy, Bing, 143, 144, 178–79, 179

Chubb, Fred, 56, 141, 157

Churchill, Winston Spencer, 33

Citizens Association to Save the Environment (CASE), 194, 194–95

City of Nanaimo (steamship), 48

clams

baking, 9

clamshell middens, 10, 10, 11, 16, 68

Department of Fisheries incident, 184–85

digging, 140, 162, 184

Claxton, Earl, Jr., 210

Claxton, Earl, Sr., 1, 14, 90

clay processing, 57–58, 151–53, 153

coal shipping, 107–8, 108

Colton Portland Cement Company, 34, 34

Commonwealth Nature Legacy, 195

Connell, Robert, 29, 116, 137–39

Cooper, Manny, 96, 141, 163–64, 165, 184

Copley Brothers, 166, 169

Copper Inuit, 17

CPR Cement Works, 29

creation story, Saanich people (SÁNEĆ), 7–8

Dale, Bonnycastle, 87, 87, 88, 89–90

notebook photo, 87, 88

D’Arcy Island (leprosy quarantine), 134

Davichand, Kaishoram, 54, 99

Dawn in Arctic Alaska (Jenness), 17

deer, 163, 184

Department of Fisheries incident, clam digging, 184–85

designations, of area, 2

Dheensaw, Jeet, 52, 77, 78, 98

Dhillon, Amrik Singh, 51, 79, 98

Douglas, James, 23

Douglas treaties, 22–23, 161–62, 199–200, 201

Dow, Lim, 115

dryers, role of, 57, 57–58, 130

Durrance Lake, 136, 167, 185

dusky grouse, 164

Edna Grace (tugboat), 107, 108, 108

eelgrass, 207, 208

Elford, J.P., 119

Elford & Company, 119

Elford deposits, 119

Elliott, Beatrice, 140, 161, 165, 187

Elliott, Charles, 211

Elliott, Dave, Sr.

on Douglas treaties, 23

on early Tsartlip history, 12, 13–14, 16

on environmental concerns, 187, 201

and fishing, 165

on relations with settlers, 131, 161

on Willis Point pasture lands, 140

Elliott, John (STOLȻEȽ), 163, 194, 201

environmental issues, in inlet, 183–86

Erskine, Harry, 117

European exploration and settlement, 21–22

Evans, Coleman & Evans, 181

Exclusion Act, 46, 46

exercises, war, 155–56, 156

exploitation, of Chinese labourers, 49–50

False Creek, 29, 30, 31

families

arrival of, 71

Chinese labourers, 46, 74

early days of Tod Inlet, 42, 43

Ferguson, Allan, 143

Fernie, Peter, 25–26, 27, 40, 47

Fernie, William, 27

Fernie Beach, 141

firebricks, 58, 63, 63

fishing

Dave Elliott Sr.’s memories, 14

lures, 165, 165

overfishing, 186

salmon spawning grounds, 19

by settlers, 171–72

Stella Wright’s memories, 15

Tod Inlet derby, 159, 160

Tsartlip people, 165–66

fishway, 208–9, 210

Four Years in British Columbia and Vancouver Island (Mayne), 22

Friends of Tod Creek Watershed, 208

Fullagar (coaster), 145–46

Genstar, 183, 183, 190

Gilbert, Jim, 12, 171, 172, 186, 206

Goldstream Indian Reserve #13, 202

Gowlland, John Thomas, 197

Gowlland Tod Provincial Park

“Black Canyon,” 140

cedar trees, 200

established, 195–97

management plan, 198–99, 201

and Tsartlip First Nation, 199–200

Gowlland Tod Provincial Park Management Plan, 200

Grainer (freighter), 126

Granit, 146

Gray, David, 221

Gray family, 2, 3, 158, 175

Great Depression, 132

Greer, Thomas, 117

Greig, Billy, 69, 74

Greig, John, 24–25, 37, 44

Greig, Robert, 28

grouse, 1, 163, 163–64, 164, 211

Guisbourne, Alice, 147

Guisbourne, Bob, 147

Gulf of Georgia Culture, 11

gypsum, 60, 60, 60, 121

Haggart, James, 130

Haggart, Thomas, 118

Hamilton, Phyllis, 173

hand maul, 11, 11

Harry, Marshall, 141, 161

Hartland Road dump, 185–86, 190, 194

head tax. See Chinese head tax

health and safety issues

accidents, 83, 102, 117–18, 182

alcohol and opium, 75, 75–77

camp “at Tod Inlet,” 106

dust and heat, 61–63

noise, 58, 59

for Tsartlip people, 96

typhoid fever, 80

Hebda, Richard, 14

Hecate (ship), 21

Hemmings, Herbert, 122

Highberg, Mr., 66, 67

Hills, George, 23

“Hindu,” as term, 51, 96

“Hindu Town,” 76

Hiquebran, Joe, 174

Hogan, Patrick, 139

Home Defence Forces, 155

horses, 139, 140–41, 169

Hudson’s Bay Company, 25

Hungarian partridge (grey partridge), 164

Hunter, 174, 174

hunting, 14, 162–64, 164

The Indians of Canada (Jenness), 17

interim reconciliation agreement, 200

Island King, 132, 135, 146–48

J. Wriglesworth & Co., 26, 27, 29, 37

Jacobson, Joyce, 144

Japanese Gardens, 114

Jawl, Mony, 53

Joylorn Creek, 135, 166, 167

Jenness, Diamond, 13, 17

JESESISET (Tsartlip people). See Tsartlip people (JESESISET)

Jim, Edward, 6, 14

jobs

“bossman,” 49

at cement plant, 42, 96

competition for, 46, 52, 55

Johal, Diwan Singh, 98, 109, 109

Johal, Paul Singh, 109

Johl, Hurdit Singh, 98

Kangaroo, 138, 154, 154, 159, 160

Keddie, Grant, 10

Keith-Fisher, James, 31, 33, 36, 37

kirtan (Sikh devotional song), 51

Kishida, Isaburo, 114

Knappenberger, Harvey, 127, 130

K’ómoks people, 13

Kop Sing, 49

Kwakwk’wakw peoples, 12–13

Latasse, David, 6, 13, 13, 14, 17, 131

Latasse, Genevieve, 13, 17, 165

laundry building, 142, 142–43, 178

Laurel Whalen (schooner), 125, 125–26, 126

ȽÁU,WELE (Mount Newton), significance, 7–9

Ledingham, Bill, 65

Lee Yune & Co., 77

Leona, 111, 111–12, 112, 117

Lew, Lorelei, 44, 92

Lewis, John Hilliard, 56

lime

deposit depletion, 123, 126

early producers, 24–26

Elford deposits, 119

lime kiln, 24, 58

limestone geology, 29

limestone mining, 44, 45, 48, 100

limestone processing, 55, 57

limestone transport, 123–25, 124

need and use for, 24

property purchased by Vancouver Portland Cement Company, 37

shipping, 28

sources for Bamberton site, 153

wartime demand, 153

Lime Kiln Road

in 1904, 30

early 1900s, 70

on early maps, 29

improvements, 144

maps, 1905, 70

railway station, 118, 118

situation of, 71–72

Lindsay, Hugh, 117, 122

Ling, Joe, 115

Logger Lady (boom boat), 167

logging operations, 11–12, 161, 163, 166, 166–69, 168

Losee, William E., 37, 40, 70, 74

Love, William, 107

Lowe, Alan, 44

Lowe Sai, 46

Loy Sing Meat Market, 179, 179

Luce, Charles, 102

Lunar New Year, 75, 144

Malahat Lime Company, 119

Malahat people, 7, 96, 183

Mallard, Derrick, 194, 194, 195

maps

Lime Kiln Road, 29

logging, 1940s–1950s, 166

power line to inlet, 103

Saanich Inlet and Tod Creek (1862), 23

“South Eastern District” of Vancouver Island (1895), 29

Tod Inlet, 1905, 1909, 1911, 1912, 70

Tod Inlet, 1935, 152–53

Tod Inlet, as in 1920s, 218–19

Marmion (steamer), 110, 110–11, 111, 112, 117, 125

Marpole Culture, 11

Matsqui (freighter), 125, 134, 145, 146, 148

Mayne, Richard, 22

McKenna-McBride Commission (1913), 201

McLaren, Duncan, 11

McMillin, John S., 92

McMillin Lime and Mining Company, 153

middens, 10, 10, 11, 12, 16, 68, 168, 176, 177

military, and Tod Inlet, 149–50, 151, 154–55

Millennia Research, studies on inlet, 199

Milne, G.L., 54–55

Monteagle (steamer), 51

Moody, Sewell, 131

Moran, Nama, 97

Morris, Ivan, 16, 161, 172

Mount Newton (ȽÁU,WELE), significance, 7–9

Mount Newton High School, 136

Murphy, James Edward, 37

Nanaimo Colliery, 107, 108

Neff, Stan, 168

Neilson, David, 177

Neu, Adolph, 66–67

Newlands, L.C., 116

noise, at cement plant, 59

Nowry, Laurence, 52

Ocean Cement and Supplies, 182

On, Goody, 129

orcas, in inlet, 165–66, 171

Pacific Coast Portland Cement, 30, 31

Pacific Portland Cement Company, 34

Pallan, Gurditta Mal, 53, 53, 61, 62, 77, 79

Pallan, Mukund (Max), 53, 77, 79, 81, 202, 203

Pallan, Nad Lal, 202

Parsell, Ella, 73

Parsell, Mary

on accident at plant, 55–56, 102

on arrival at Tod Inlet, 71

boating excursions, 91, 91–92

on cement testing, 67

on Chinese cook, 68

on company excursions, 132

on farewell party for Forces recruits, 121

and inlet social life, 74

on quarry accident, 49

on Sikh labourers, 50–51

writes memoirs, 43

Parsell, Norman

on Chinese community, 50, 74, 105–6

on plant’s early days, 55

on quarry work, 123–5, 130

on school, 73

on ship accident, 117

on Sikh community, 78

on steamer, 110

Parsell, Robert James, 43, 55

Parsell family

boating excursions, 90–91

Chinese friends, 75

homes, 72–73

house-tent, 32, 71

new house, 72

Partridge Hills, 1

beginnings, 131

forested lands, 161

hunting, 162

logging, 167

Lorna Pugh’s description, 135

redevelopment postponed, 191

Paul, Philip Kevin, 7–9, 14

Paul, Thomas, 14, 17

Paul, Tommy, 6, 14, 161

Pauquachin people, 7, 96

Pelkey, Christine, 164

Pelkey, Philip, 164

Peninsula Streams Society, 194, 209

The People of the Twilight (Jenness), 17

Pezim, Murray, 195

phantom orchid, 212–13, 213

Pitzer, William, 122

Pitzer family, 73

Plumper (ship), 21, 21

Portland Cement Construction Company, 120

postal service, 69–70, 129–30, 133, 137, 173

Power Boat Squadrons (PBS), 154–57, 155

pre-emption of land, 23

Princess Ena (ship), 125

Princess Mary (ship), 126

Princess Patricia (ship), 144

Pritchard, Thomas, 23

Prospect Lake, 138

Pugh, Lorna, 78, 135–36, 141, 142

quarries

about, 44, 44

accident, 48–49

Chinese labourers, 44–46, 45

closed, 126

Cobble Hill, 153

fate of, 213, 214, 214

flooding, 138–39

fountain, 188–89

new quarry opens, 99–100

operations and structures, 123, 123–25, 124

settlers’ proximity to, 72

Quarry Lake, 137–39, 139, 213

Quenca (yacht), 154, 154

racism

against Sikhs, 55, 97

anti-Asian, 75

Chinese head tax, 46

discriminatory laws, 92–93

quarantine conditions, D’Arcy Island, 134

raids, 12–13

railway, interurban, 118, 118–19, 123, 131–32

railway, marine, 158–59

Rainbow (steamer), 28

record keeping, official, and race, 41, 42, 50, 51, 95–96

Red Cross, 121

religious services, 74

Rice, Mike, 49, 134

Richards, George Henry, 21, 22

Richling, Barnett, 17

Robertson, W.R., 96

Ross, H.A., 70, 97

Ross, Ian, 151, 151, 181

Ross, Oscar, 117

Royal Canadian Air Force, 155

Royal Canadian Navy, 155

R.P. Rithet (steamer), 28

R.P. Rithet company, 82

Saanich #8, 161

Saanich Lime Company

assets, 28

incorporation and mission, 27

office, 24

and Pacific Coast Portland Cement, 30

quarry, 44

wharf, 40

and Wriglesworth, Joseph, 26, 27, 29

Saanich (SÁNEĆ) people

about, 7

archaeological record of, 9–12, 17

creation story, 7–8

decline in population, 201

food and medicinal plants, 208

Gowlland Tod Provincial Park management, 200

occupations, 96

War Canoe races, 89–90, 90–91

The Saanich Year (Claxton & Elliott), 17

Sadie (tugboat), 107

“Salish dog,” 20, 20

Saltwater People (Elliott, Sr.), 12, 13–14, 17

Sampson, John, 162, 162–63, 165

Sampson, Lucy, 16, 165–66

Sampson, Tom, 12, 16, 201

San Francisco earthquake, 84, 84

sawmills, 98–99, 99

Scafe, Douglas J., 65, 107

Scarf, Oscar, 129

schools, 73, 119, 136

SeaChange Marine Conservation Society, 2, 208, 209

Selective Logging Company of Victoria, 168–69

Sellick, William, 23

Sengara, Jeto, 54, 202

settlement, of Tod Inlet

dwellings of Chinese labourers, 74–75

Parsell family’s arrival, 71–73

population and demographics, 73–74, 97

racism, 75

Sikh labourers’ living conditions, 76, 77–78, 78, 79

social and religious life, 74

typhoid fever, 80

settlers, early

Burness Farm, 24–25

farmers, 24, 70, 122

Greig, John, 24

lime production, 24–29

in official records, 73–74

pre-emption and purchase of land, 23–24

settlers, later

denial of Tsartlip rights, 163

farming, 169–70

fishing, 171–72

hunting and trapping, 170–71

Seven Sisters (orcas), 165–66

sharks, in inlet, 172

Shean (ship), 145, 146, 146, 147, 148

shellfish harvest prohibited, 185, 185, 206

Shiner, Alf, 75, 178

Shon Yuen & Co., 75–77

Sihota, Moe, 195

Sikh community, 50, 52

archaeological traces, 202–3

arrival of, 51–54

cremation ceremony, viii, 50, 50, 85–88, 86, 88

demographics, 97

described by Bonnycastle Dale, 88

leaves Tod Inlet, 97–99, 117

naming conventions, 51–52

termed “Hindu,” 51, 96

Sikh labourers

census 1911, 74, 95–96, 97

characterized, 55

food and cooking, 78–79, 79

legacy, 214

living conditions, 76, 77–78, 78, 79

Mary Parsell on, 50–51

occupational health issues, 61–63, 62, 97–98, 117

personal stories, 52–54, 77–78, 78–80, 109

at plant, 80–81, 95–96

recruitment, 54

working conditions, 81, 98, 109

World War I, 121

Simpson, Frederick, 122

Sing, Joe, 102

Singh, Gurdit, 51–52, 98

Singh, Hardit, 51–52, 98

Singh, Inda, 97–98

Singh, Katar, 78

Singh, Tar Gool. See Tar Gool Singh cremation

Singh, Thakar, 53–54

Sivertz, Gus, 70, 183

Skeena (warship), 149

slack coal, 55

slaves, 12

Sluggett, Clarence, 150

Sluggett, Claude, 134, 171, 173, 174

Sluggett, George, 95

Sluggett, Jack, 136

slurry (wet process), 94, 101, 102

Smith, Etienne, 90

SIDȻEȽ (Tod Inlet). See Tod Inlet

sooty grouse, 164

Spray (tugboat), 107, 108, 108

Squakquoi (cabin cruiser), 154, 155, 158, 159, 160, 168

St. Paul’s Cathedral, 33

stagecoaches, 70–71, 71–72

Stampede (film), 139, 140, 140

Starrett, Charles, 139, 140

Steelhead LNG, 202

Sunken Garden, 116, 138, 210, 211

surveillance, wartime, of coast, 154–55

Tai Yeu & Co., 75–77

Tamminga-Paton, Karen, 216–17

Tar Gool Singh cremation, 85–88, 86, 88

Tartar (steamer), 51

Teco (freighter), xiii, 125, 125, 134, 145, 146, 148

telegraph system, 70, 125

telephone service, 73

telpher line (telpherage), 100, 100, 101

Thomas, George Albert, 23–24

Thomson, Lorne, 78

tile plant

Chinese labourers at, 134, 144

closes, 181, 182

men at, 128, 134

operation of, 132–35

plant and products, 133

wages, 134

Tod, John, 2, 21

Tod Creek

dam, 69, 208

dike proposed, 191

fishing, 171

map (1862), 23

name origin (EĆEĆE), 1, 2, 22

pollution, 185–86, 190

restoration efforts, 192–94

rock spoil dump, 105

Tod Creek Water Enhancement Society, 192, 208

Tod Inlet (SIDȻEȽ)

1982, xiv

abandonment, by First Nations, 12–13

abandonment, by settlers, 175

aerial view, 1926, 142

aerial view, 1930, 4–5, 147

aerial view, 1982, 187

archaeology, 9–12, 17

community declines, 172–74

designated historic site, 213–14

environmental issues, 183–86, 187–90

European exploration and settlement, 21–22

geographical situation, 1–2, 22

historical overview, 1–2

marine environment recovery, 205, 205, 206–10, 207

military use, 149–50, 151, 154–55

name, ix, 1, 22, 163

population, 23, 73–74, 95–96, 130, 172–73

settlement of, 71–80

social life, 1930s, 135–37

Tsartlip First Nation connection to, 13–16

wildlife today, 203–4

in winter, 19

Tod Inlet, redevelopment

citizen involvement, 191, 194

Citizens Association to Save the Environment, 194–95

commercial holdings sold, 195

commercial proposals, 190–91, 195, 201

Gowlland Tod Provincial Park established, 195–97

Tod Creek restoration efforts, 192–94

See also Gowlland Tod Provincial Park

Tod Inlet Power Boat Owners’ Association, 157, 157–58, 159, 185, 192, 197

Tod’s Cabin, 138, 138

Tom, Don, 202

Tom, Philip, 161

Tomlin, Edwin, 129–30, 173

Tomlin, Nigel, 158

Tomlinson, Ron, 174

Tong, Yat, 46, 143–44, 178–79

Toonerville Trolley, 104, 104

tourist excursions to Tod Inlet, 48, 114–17, 144–45, 145, 212

Trader (freighter), 83, 126

trapping, 164–65

Trowsse, A., 173

Trowsse, Irma, 173

Tsartlip people (JESESISET)

boat building, 90, 161

canoe races, 89, 89–90, 90–91, 159, 161, 161

at cement plant, 42, 96, 97

and Citizens Association to Save the Environment, 194

early history at Tod Inlet, 13–16

fishing, 165–66

Goldstream Indian Reserve #13, 202

Gowlland Tod Provincial Park, 199–200

horses and cattle, 140–41

hunting grounds, 140, 162–64

importance of SOÍEM area, 131

interim reconciliation agreement, 201

land use and loss, 161–62, 163, 169, 201

legacy, 214

occupations, 141

raids by northern peoples, 12–13, 89

significance of Tod Inlet, 1–2, 9, 16

trapping, 164–65

Tsartlip Reserve, 13

yearly round at Tod Inlet, 17–20

Tsawout (East Saanich) people, 7, 96

Tseycum people, 7, 96

tuberculosis outbreak, 98

Tubman, Thomas, 73

Turner, Nancy, 14

Twamley, Glen, 169

Vadso (steamer), 83

Vancouver (warship), 149

Vancouver, George, 35, 47

Vancouver Island Coach Lines, 173

Vancouver Island Directory, 41, 42, 70, 73

Vancouver Island Fish and Game Club, 164

The Vancouver Island Pilot, 22

Vancouver Portland Cement Company

amalgamates with Associated Cement, 123

and Canada Cement Company, 93

Chinese labourers, 44–46, 80–81

established, 35–37

first buildings, 42–43

letterhead, 35

newspaper advertisement, 36

opens plant, 46–47

plant construction, 37–40, 40–41, 43

purchases ship, 82

purpose, 36–37

quarries, 44–46

records, 106–8

Sikh labourers, 51, 54–55, 80–81

See also Butchart, Robert Pim; cement; cement plant, workings of; cement plant complex (Tod Inlet)

Vickers Vedette, 149, 149–50

Victoria Tug Company, 107

Victoria Water Works, 24

Vincent, Robert, 37–40

Ward, Tom, 158

Ward, W.A., 31

“the ways,” 158–59, 159

West Saanich School, 136

wharf

and canoe, 42

cement boats at, 111, 112

and cement plant, 4041

construction of, 40

for pleasure craft, 158, 175, 185, 226

pontoons, 206, 206

second, 113

today, 203–4, 204

unloading coal, 108

unloading machinery, 64

White’s Portland Cement, 33

Whittaker, Sam, 131

Willis Point, 140–41, 169

Wirk, Manmohan, 81, 85–86, 98, 109, 202

Women’s Institute, 136

Woodhouse, Bernard, 170

World War I and aftermath, 120–22

World War II, 151, 153, 154–55, 155–56, 156

Wright, Stella, 15, 117

Wriglesworth, Joseph

background, 26

and Butchart, Robert Pim, 36

buys Greig property, 28

cement production, 29

and Saanich Lime Company, 26–27, 29

store, 27, 27

SÁNEĆ. See Saanich (SÁNEĆ) people

The SÁNEĆ and Their Neighbours: Diamond Jenness on the Coast Salish of Vancouver Island, 1935 (Richling), 17

Yakima, Washington, 141

yearly round, of Tsartlip people, 17–20

Yen, Joe Do, 63

Youlden, Daryll, 197

Youlden, Sam (“Doc Youlden”), 154, 159, 184