Mandarte Island

Mandarte Island (48˚38'00" 123˚17'00" E of Sidney I and Saanich Peninsula, Gulf Is, N of Victoria). This name is a misspelling, as it honours Joseph Marie Mandart (1818–93), a Breton priest from Vannes, France, who established Our Lady of the Assumption, the first Roman Catholic church in the Saanich area, about 1869. After training at Louvain College, Belgium, he came to BC in 1863 and lived initially at Victoria, learning English and preparing for missionary work. Mandart was sent to the...

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