Shakespeare Banks

Shakespeare Banks (52˚50'00" 129˚25'00" W of Rennison I, off NW Aristazabal I, SW entrance to Caamaño Sd, Hecate Str). Noah Shakespeare (1839–1921) immigrated to Victoria from England in 1863 on the Robert Lowe, one of the “brideships” that brought unmarried young women to BC to serve as domestic servants. After toiling for a Nanaimo coal company for a year, he was able to bring out his wife, Eliza Jane (1838–1923, née Pearson), and son. The family moved to Victoria, where Noah set...

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