Musgrave

MUSGRAVE, or Musgrave's Landing, 38 km north of VICTORIA on the southwest coast of SALTSPRING ISLAND in the GULF ISLANDS, was settled in 1874 by the 4 Pimsbury brothers, who ran a large sheep ranch and built a wharf. Edward Musgrave bought the property in 1885. Other homesteaders also raised sheep. The landing was not connected to the rest of the island by road until 1926. There was a LOGGING camp of JAPANESE workers nearby in the 1930s and adventurers Miles and Beryl SMEETON farmed here from...

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