Ruskin

RUSKIN was a tiny SAWMILLING community at the mouth of the Stave R, 50 km east of VANCOUVER. It began as a socialist discussion group led by Charles Whetham, a local settler. The group, inspired by the ideas of the British art critic John Ruskin, formed the Canadian Co-operative Society in 1896 and built the sawmill soon after. The community also featured a communal garden, store and school. The effort collapsed into bankruptcy in 1899 and the mill was taken over by E.H. Heaps, who ran it until...

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