Sayward

Sayward (50˚23'00" 125˚58'00" SW side of Salmon Bay, Johnstone Str, NW of Campbell R). William Parsons Sayward (1818–1905) was a pioneer BC lumberman and well-known Victoria entrepreneur. He was born in Maine and trained as a carpenter, living in Florida and California before arriving at Victoria in 1858 and opening a lumber yard. In the early 1860s he married Ann Chambers (1824–70) and bought Henry Sheppard’s historic sawmill at Mill Bay on Saanich Inlet. Sayward’s business...

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