Mollet House, Burgoyne Valley (and) (Edna Fraser & Heather Melanson)

North side of the house.

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1900

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Edna Fraser and Heather Melanson

Dimensions: 10.75cm x 12.25cm

Extent and Physical Description: copy, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.171

Bittancourt Store, Wharf and Dowry or Dower Houses (c1907) (Norah Nixon)

Vesuvius Bay. Store opened in the 1870s by Estalon J Bittancourt to serve steamer run between Victoria and Nanaimo. In the 30s, the building became Vesuvius Lodge, which was destroyed by fire in 1975

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1907

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Norah Nixon

Dimensions: 8.5cm x 14.5cm

Extent and Physical Description: copy, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.172

John Mollet home - Burgoyne Valley. (c1900) (Pat Lee)

Mr and Mrs John Mollet sit in their beautiful garden in the Burgoyne Valley. They left Island of Jersey in 1884, going first to Port Alberni where John was the Indian Agent. They came to Salt Spring in 1894, farming for awhile near Foord Lake.

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1900

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Pat Lee

Dimensions: 8.25cm x 12cm

Extent and Physical Description: original, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.173

Bittancourt Beach - Vesuvius (c1890s) (Pat Lee)

Three cottages built by JE Bittancourt for his daughters (or some say for tourist rentals)

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1890

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Pat Lee

Dimensions: 8cm x 12cm

Extent and Physical Description: original, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.174

Stevens’ Boarding House (c1910) (Daphne Bradley)

Henry Stevens family moved into a log house at Central Settlement in 1887. They hired Sam Beddis and his son Charlie to build the large white structure called Stevens’ Boarding House.

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1910

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Daphne Bradley

Dimensions: 8.25cm x 12.25cm

Extent and Physical Description: original, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.175

Stevens’ Boarding House (and) (Daphne Bradley)

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1910

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Daphne Bradley

Dimensions: 8.5cm x 12.25cm

Extent and Physical Description: original, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.176

James Seed Farm and Store (c1921-1930) (Bittancourt Collection)

Mail service on Salt Spring was unreliable, so James Seed Co., moved to Cowichan in 1930, where James Canadian Seed Co was established.

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1921-1930

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Bittancourt Collection

Dimensions: 8.75cm x 12.5cm

Extent and Physical Description: original, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.177

Bittancourt Store (c1907) (Jessie Toynbee)

Abraham Reid Bittancourt built his home and store in 1904, at the foot of Ganges Hill. In 1910, the store business was sold to Mouat Bros. The space it occupied was later used as a meeting place for Ganges Methodists; office for Canada Customs; police station, jail and magistrates court for the Island. From 1945-1965 it was office and nursing home for Dr Arnold Francis, after which it was demolished.

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1907

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Jessie Toynbee

Dimensions: 8.5cm x 12.75cm

Extent and Physical Description: original, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.178

Stark House (and) (Holloman)

Willis Stark stands beside the house built by his father on the land pre-empted by the family. Willis was two years old when he arrived on the Island in 1860 with his parents and grandparents.

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1900

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Holloman

Dimensions: 8.5cm x 12.25cm

Extent and Physical Description: original, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.179

The Ranch House 1903 (c1903) (Norah Nixon)

1. Leonard Tolson 2. D. Baker? 3. Hugo Robertshaw

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1903

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Nora Nixon

Dimensions: 8.5cm x 12.5cm

Extent and Physical Description: original, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.180

The Ranch House (and) (Norah Nixon)

Home of Leonard Tolson

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1903

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Nora Nixon

Dimensions: 8.5cm x 12.5cm

Extent and Physical Description: original, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.181

Whims cabin (c1896) (Caldwell/Mouat’s)

Clark Whims was born on Salt Spring, his parents coming here in 1860. Three generation of the Whims family farmed on the north end of the Island.

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1896

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Caldwell Mouat

Dimensions: 9cm x 12.5cm

Extent and Physical Description: original, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.182

EM Phillips cabin (c1890) (Bob Akerman)

This cabin could still be seen beside Cusheon Lake in 2009.

Charles and John Tolson (with rifles) built this cabin for EM Phillips c.1890, and their younger brother Leonard Tolson stayed there when he first came to Salt Spring Island. Phillips was a watercolour painter and author of a 1902 booklet about Salt Spring Island.

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1890

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Bob Akerman

Dimensions: 8.75cm x 12.5cm

Extent and Physical Description: original, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.183

Old Ritchie House (and) (Daphne Bradley)

This house is/was located on Upper Ganges Road.

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1910

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Daphne Bradley

Dimensions: 8.5cm x 12.25cm

Extent and Physical Description: original, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.184

Lumley House (early 1900s) (Ed Lumley)

The Lumleys lived at Isabella Point

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1910

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Ed Lumley

Dimensions: 9cm x 12.5cm

Extent and Physical Description: original, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.185

Beddis House (and) (Ernie Booth)

Charlie Beddis, Raffles Purdy, Boadicca (Decie ) Beddis, Mrs Sam (Emily) Beddis

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1910

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Ernie Booth

Dimensions: 8.5cm x 12.25cm

Extent and Physical Description: original, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.186

Ted Akerman House (c1905) (Bob Akerman)

Ellen, Ted, Dorothy, Molly.
Ted Akerman was road foreman and justice-of-the-peace for 45 years

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1905

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Bob Akerman

Dimensions: 8.5cm x 12cm

Extent and Physical Description: original, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.187

Travellers’ Rest (c1890) (Bob Akerman)

Joe and Martha Akerman opened their home to paying guests soon after their arrival in the Burgoyne Valley. It was the first inn on Salt Spring Island.

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1890

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Bob Akerman

Dimensions: 9cm x 12.5cm

Extent and Physical Description: original, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.188

Unidentified House. snapshot reference Daphne Bradley

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1910

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Daphne Bradley

Dimensions: 8cm x 12.25cm

Extent and Physical Description: original, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.189

One of the Akerman homes but unidentified as to which one. snapshot reference Bob Akerman

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1910

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Bob Akerman

Dimensions: 9cm x 12.5cm

Extent and Physical Description: original, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.190

A snapshot reference Bittancourt Collection

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1910

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: Bittancourt

Dimensions: 8.75cm x 12.5cm

Extent and Physical Description: original, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.191

Tweedhope House (and) (no reference)

The Tweedhope House burns to the ground. Tweedhope was a member of the Provincial Police assigned to Salt Spring Island for many years.

Collection: Toynbee Collection

Location: Toynbee Collection binders

Date: circa 1920

Responsibility: R.M. Toynbee

Source: R.M. Toynbee

Dimensions: 7cm x 11.5cm

Extent and Physical Description: original, good condition

Accession number: 1994.137.192