Roberts Bay

Roberts Bay (48˚40'00" 123˚24'00" E side of N Saanich Peninsula, just N of Sidney, N of Victoria), Roberts Point (48˚40'00" 123˚23'00" Just E of Roberts Bay). After Samuel Roberts (1835–1908), who bought 125 ha of land on Roberts Bay from Richard John in the early 1870s and established the Beaufort Farm. He had immigrated to Canada from Wales in 1862 and joined the Cariboo gold rush, where pioneer flour-mill operator Henry Brackman was one of his partners. Brackman later bought 33 ha of...

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