Towner Bank

Towner Bank (52˚42'00" 129˚35'00" W of Moore Is, off W side of Aristazabal I, Hecate Str), Towner Bay (48˚40'00" 123˚28'00" NE side of Saanich Inlet, NW of Victoria). William Towner (1840–1925), from Kent, England, immigrated to Ont in 1858 and arrived on Vancouver I from California in 1864, reportedly bringing with him the colony’s first hop plants. He and Isaac Cloake bought 130 ha of land in N Saanich, established a farm and soon had a large area in hops. They also built BC’s first...

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