Burgoyne Bay

BURGOYNE BAY, 42 km north of VICTORIA on southern SALTSPRING ISLAND in the GULF ISLANDS, is at the west end of a gentle, fertile valley. John Maxwell and James Lunney established a cattle ranch (see CATTLE INDUSTRY) here in 1860 and other settlers soon followed. There was a wharf by 1869 and a post office by 1880. The bay served as the island's log sort (see LOGGING) into the 1990s. Hugh Talbot Burgoyne was stationed on the coast from 1857 to 1860 as commander of the British naval vessel HMS...

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