The Saanich Heritage Foundation

The Saanich Heritage Foundation

Our Mandate

The Saanich Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit society that promotes the preservation, maintenance and restoration of buildings, structures, and land located in the District of Saanich and which have been designated as municipal heritage sites.

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About SHF

About Saanich Heritage Foundation

Created in late fall of 1984, the Saanich Heritage Foundation was registered as a Society under the Society Act of British Columbia on January 9, 1985.

Heritage Designation

Saanich Heritage Designation

Designating protects the heritage significance of your property and allows for the opportunity to receive support from the SHF to maintain its character and history.

Grants

Saanich Heritage Home Grants

Learn how the District of Saanich provides funding of up to 30% of project costs to homeowners looking to make changes to their Designated Heritage Homes and Structures.

Heritage Snapshot

🏠THE LAURELS 516 Gorge Road West (designated) James & Margaret Kellie, Owners; 1913 James M. Kellie (circa 1853-1927), was born in Coburg, Ontario, and mined quartz in the Kootenay area. In 1890 he moved to Revelstoke, where he founded the Miners Association to protest the provincial government’s mining regulations. When Premier John Robson went to Revelstoke on his electioneering tour, Kellie and friends “kidnapped” him to try and convince him of their views. The ruse worked and after James won the West Kootenay seat in the Legislature, Robson appointed him as one of two men to frame the new Mining Act. James was re-elected in 1894 and 1898. He retired from political office in 1899 to run his extensive mining and lumber businesses, which included British Columbia Timbers, Limited. In 1910 he married widow Margaret Adela Smith (née Banting, 1865-1949), another Revelstoke pioneer. They moved to Victoria in 1913. James was active in many business concerns until his death in 1927. Gunnar and Asta Christensen bought this house in the 1950s and rented it out to various tenants. Taking an interest in the house, Gunnar compiled a complete history of it. In the 1970s, he decided to convert the house back into a single family dwelling for him and Asta, and also added two basement suites. He painstakingly restored the house with various elaborate details, including an elaborate fireplace from Finland, stained glass windows in the front door from number 500 Gorge Road West, and exterior wrought-iron fire escapes from the Beverly Hotel on Yates Street, circa 1912, installed in 1987. The Christensens had this house designated a municipal heritage site in 1985. The Laurels is a landmark Gorge residence noted for its two-storey verandah with a distinctive criss-crossed balustrade. Some exterior details, including verandah piers and columns, and window surrounds, have been replaced with more decorative, “Adamized” features such as garlands over the windows and doors. A Palladian dormer has replaced the original shed-roofed dormer.
Myra Hodgson, Saanich employee, in uniform, World War II Saanich Archives 1942 PR-190-1981-020-009a Myra Hodgson worked in the Waterworks Office. She married Art Erickson in 1948.
Saanich Municipal Hall on West Saanich Road during World War 2 Saanich Archives 1940 PR-190-1981-020-012
ARP Ambulance during World War 2 Saanich Archives 1942
Bob Roach and Cat Saanich Archives 1941 PR-286-2017-027-153
Saanich Remembrance Day Ceremony 2024 Date & Time: November 11, 2024 (10:45 am - 12:00 pm) Join the District of Saanich at the Cenotaph at Saanich Municipal Hall (770 Vernon Avenue) on Monday, November 11, 2024, from 10:45 to 11:45am as we pause in a silent moment of remembrance for the people who have served, and continue to serve, our country during times of war, conflict and peace. The event will begin with a military parade at 10:45am. At 11:00am the flag will be lowered for two minutes of silence, followed by the laying of the wreathes. Various readings will be interspersed throughout the ceremony. Getting Here Parking is available behind Municipal Hall, via the Vernon Avenue entrance just past Ravine. The ceremony is adjacent to the bus stop "Vernon Avenue at Ravine Way," stop ID 100679, serving routes 32, 70, 71, 72 and 75. Bicycle parking can be found on the plaza in front of Municipal Hall. General Information There will be limited seating on site. Audience members should prepare to stand or bring their own seating. There will be no onsite washrooms available as Municipal Hall will be closed. The nearest public washrooms will be in nearby cafes or grocery stores. The Remembrance Day Ceremony will proceed rain or shine. Please dress for the weather but exercise caution if bringing an umbrella as space will be limited. Laying of the Wreathes If you would like to inquire about laying a wreath on behalf of an organization, please reach out to Sarah Faria at events@saanich.ca. Organizations who have already RSVP'd will have their names listed in the program and will be called up when it is their turn to approach the Cenotaph. Questions about the ceremony? Please email events@saanich.ca.
🇨🇦 Saanich Remembrance Day Ceremony 2024 Date & Time: November 11, 2024 (10:45 am - 12:00 pm) Join the District of Saanich at the Cenotaph at Saanich Municipal Hall (770 Vernon Avenue) on Monday, November 11, 2024, from 10:45 to 11:45am as we pause in a silent moment of remembrance for the people who have served, and continue to serve, our country during times of war, conflict and peace. The event will begin with a military parade at 10:45am. At 11:00am the flag will be lowered for two minutes of silence, followed by the laying of the wreathes. Various readings will be interspersed throughout the ceremony. Getting Here Parking is available behind Municipal Hall, via the Vernon Avenue entrance just past Ravine. The ceremony is adjacent to the bus stop "Vernon Avenue at Ravine Way," stop ID 100679, serving routes 32, 70, 71, 72 and 75. Bicycle parking can be found on the plaza in front of Municipal Hall. General Information There will be limited seating on site. Audience members should prepare to stand or bring their own seating. There will be no onsite washrooms available as Municipal Hall will be closed. The nearest public washrooms will be in nearby cafes or grocery stores. The Remembrance Day Ceremony will proceed rain or shine. Please dress for the weather but exercise caution if bringing an umbrella as space will be limited. Laying of the Wreathes If you would like to inquire about laying a wreath on behalf of an organization, please reach out to Sarah Faria at events@saanich.ca. Organizations who have already RSVP'd will have their names listed in the program and will be called up when it is their turn to approach the Cenotaph. Questions about the ceremony? Please email events@saanich.ca.
McADOO RESIDENCE 3571 Calumet Avenue Roberta McAdoo, Owner; David H. Bale, Designer & Contractor; 1919 Roberta Donnell McAdoo, the widow of Lyndhurst McAdoo, was a cousin of John McAdoo Wark (Work), the nephew of John Work, who was related by marriage to the family of William Fraser Tolmie. While Lyndhurst McAdoo was in active service in Europe during the First World War, Roberta and her four daughters lived at Cloverdale, the Tolmie family stone residence located north of the present Cloverdale Avenue. Lyndhurst was wounded during combat and died in Kingston Military Hospital in 1918. Roberta built this house on land she obtained from John Work Tolmie. For a number of years she supported her family by running a boarding house. She returned to Ireland in the late 1920s. Prominent contractor David Herbert Bale (whose own house stands at 1402 Stadacona Avenue, Victoria) designed and built this house. There are several extant examples of Bale’s refined version of the Edwardian Vernacular Arts and Crafts house, the earliest built in 1907, and one at 1017 Catherine Street in Victoria West from 1913, now designated heritage. The main level has an inset front verandah with Bale’s distinctive three square posts at the corner on one side balanced by a cut-away bay window on the other. There is a dentilled frieze running around the building and a dentilled stringcourse halfway up the front gable. Most of the siding is cedar shingle, except in the front gable, which is partially half-timbered. #remembranceday #veterens #november11
🎉Saanich Heritage News!!! This property has moved from Registered Heritage Status to Designated Heritage Status as of October 8th, 2024!! Thanks to the great work of the Saanich Heritage Foundation. 🏠STODDART RESIDENCE 3251 Harriet Road Walter Stoddart, Owner & Builder; 1895 Born in London, England, and a carpenter by trade, Walter Rowland Stoddart (1866-1939) came to the Victoria area circa 1890, and presumably built this house himself. George Alexander Cook Stoddart (likely a brother) also lived in the area many years. Both Walter and George were carpenters. In 1899, George Stoddart paid the tax on this property. In 1910, Walter married Hannah Fogg Critchley (1879-1959), born in Yorkshire, England, and they lived until 1911 at 225 Montreal Street in James Bay, now a registered heritage house. When Walter died at 73, he was living at 2045 Kings Road with Hannah and their sons Fred and Jack. A subsequent owner, Matthew Botterill (1831-1921) came to Victoria from Yorkshire, England in 1860 and worked as a butcher for the Hudson’s Bay Company briefly before opening his own business; he later entered into a partnership with Fred Reynolds. In 1862 he took up gold prospecting in the Cariboo. He retired from butchering in 1874 and moved to Maple Bay, Duncan. He stayed there for several years after his wife Mary (née Peacock, 1830-1900) died, and then returned to Victoria in 1907. He lived at this residence with his unmarried daughter Minnie Louise (1870-1964) until his death; Minnie Botterill retained ownership of this house until 1950. This vernacular, Late Victorian, front-gabled house has wooden drop siding, corner boards, a frieze and a moulded cornice. The windows are two-over-two double-hung sashes, with cornices above and scroll cut aprons. The bay window has diagonal tongue and-groove panels below the windows. The half round window on the north side was added in the 1980s.
🏠 LAST DAY TO APPLY! Are you interested in doing some volunteer work? We are looking for new members to join the Saanich Heritage Foundation!! Deadline to apply is October 25th. Links to apply are here: https://www.saanich.ca/EN/main/local-government/committees-boards.html Form https://saanichca.primegov.com/Portal/NewForm/3
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