Identity area
Reference code
CA PR072-v987-035-003
Title
Plaque detailing accounts of Walter Colquhoun Grant
Date(s)
- ca. 1970 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
1 photograph.
Context area
Name of creator
(1924-2000)
Repository
Archival history
Donated to Esquimalt Municipal Archives, Accession v987-035.
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Language of material
English
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Note
Grant is credited with being the first independent settler on Vancouver Island in 1849. He was also alleged to have introduced the invasive plant Scotch broom to Vancouver Island.
Note
Plaque reads "VANCOUVER ISLAND’S FIRST SETTLER
Captain Walter Colquhoun Grant (1822-1861) became Vancouver Island’s first independent settler when he occupied land here at Sooke in August 1849. In 1850 he erected in this district the second sawmill to operate in British Columbia. After a residence of four years he returned to England in November 1853."