Point Ash

Point Ash (48˚21'00" 123˚34'00" W end of Pedder Bay, S tip of Vancouver I). Dr John Ash (1821–86), a pioneer Victoria physician, came to Victoria from England in 1862 and acquired large parcels of property in this area in 1863. His plan to build a dock in Pedder Bay and connect the bay by canal to Matheson Lk did not come to fruition, though he did construct an expensive stone dam on the lake. Ash was married twice: to Dorothy Agar (1823–74) and Adelaide de Veulle. He was a sponsor of...

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