Ladysmith

Ladysmith (48˚59'00" 123˚49'00" W of Ladysmith Hbr), Ladysmith Harbour (49˚00'00" 123˚48'00" SE side of Vancouver I, between Duncan and Nanaimo). The town of Ladysmith was founded in 1900 by James Dunsmuir, coal baron and BC premier, as a port and residential suburb for workers at his nearby collieries. The Boer War was much in the news at the time, and Dunsmuir had just heard that the besieged S African town of Ladysmith had finally been relieved by the British Army. He named his new...

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