Soames Point

Soames Point (49˚25'00" 123˚29'00" W side of Howe Sd, NE of Gibsons, NW of Vancouver). George Soames (1832–1914), from England, was the first settler at this location, in 1888. He and his wife, Mary Ellen (1849–1926), also from England, and their children homesteaded there and received a Crown grant in 1890. A younger brother, William Soames, settled on the adjacent property and received his Crown grant in 1907. George, who was listed as a rancher in the 1901 BC census, loaded scows with...

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