HENRY BIRKS & SONS, LTD. Vancouver, B.C. Send for our BUY DIAMONDS BY MAIL = CATALOGUE DIRECTORY OF THE Towns, Villages and Post Offices on Vancouver Island and adjacent Islands, arranged in Alphabetical Order, and showing Names of Business Firms, Corporations, Professional Men, Farmers and other resi- dents for 1909 Copyright by the Provincial Publishing Company, of Victoria, B. C. Admiral Alberni 89 ADMIRAL ISLAND HOTEL WILSON Better known as Salt Spring FIREPROOF, MODERN and Island (which see). STRICTLY FIRST CLASS One Block from Steanibo.it Lauding AHOUSAT JAS. R. mckTnnell, Prop. A settlement on the East of Flores Island, West coast of Van- N A N A I M O, B.C. couver Island, 15 miles North of Clayoquot. Nearest postoffice is also very successfully carried on. Clayoquot. There is a road from Nanaimo to Dawiey, W. T., general store, Thomas Alberni by which the stage takes T. Gardhouse, manager. the mails and any passengers McNeil, Jean, school teacher. wishing to see the many beauti- Presbyterian Industrial Schoal, J. L. ful sights along the road. There Millar, principal; Miss McKay, is also an automobile service be- matron. tween the two towns. The E. & Ringland, John, miner. N. Ry. is being extended to New Sullivan, Patrick, miner. Alberni,- which is two miles dis- Thornberg, Fred., general store. tant. Nearest railway station, Watson, Andrew, miner. Wellington, fifty miles distant. Board of Trade, C. M. Pineo, ALBERNI secretary. (See also New Alberni and Beaver Creek.) A money order postoffice, near WOOD BROS. GARAGE the head of Barkley Sound, in the Alberni District. The country Automobiles For Hire At All Hours around Alberni is well adapted for REPAIRING AND STORING farming, and its magnificent tim- ber is famous all over the Ameri- WHARF, COR. BROUCHTON, VICTORIA can continent; fruit-growing is Phone 241 B. C. LAND & INVESTMENT AGENCY 922 GOVERNMENT niT-..Y 1 J^ lA L Keal instate, Insurance and (jeneral Agents phone 125. victoria f THE PLIMLEY ADTOMOBILE CO., Ltd. Automobile Garage, 606 Government, Victoria Phone 695 148 Ladysmith Malcolm Island GRIFFIN W. JONES LEECH RIVER STOCKS, BONDS, HIGH At the junction of the Leech and Sooke Rivers, in the Malahat Dis- GRADE INVESTMENTS trict Post Office, Goldstream (14 miles). Phone 282. Room 12, Metropolitan Block Martin, VICTORIA, B. Ch&rles, miner. C. McLeod, John, miner. "Woodburn, P., driver. Woods, John, runner. LENNARD ISLAND Wransick, Paul, miner. In Cloyoquot Sound; lighthouse. Wreade, Emil, logger, bds. New West- R. Pollock, keeper. ern Hotel. Wright, Alexander, miner. Wright, Arthur, blacksmith. LEWIS ISLAND Wright, D., driver. Two and one-half miles south- Wright, John, smelterman, Ivs. 3rd Ave. west of Gilford Island. Wr'ight, John, miner. Wright, H., foreman smelter. Wright, Henry, miner, bds. Temper- LIMESTONE ISLAND ance Hotel. Opposite Wright, Ralph, blacksmith, Buller St. entrance to Southeast Wright, Thomas, smelterman, h. 3rd. Arm (Quatslno Sound); seems to Wright, Wm., miner. be wholly composed of limestone. Wynne, Edward, miner, bds. Lady- There is an hotel here, Edward smith Hotel. Frigon, proprietor. Post Office, Wynne, W^m., miner. Quatsino. Young, Adam, miner. Young, John, laborer. LITTLE QUALICUM Young, J. W., carpenter, h. Esplanade. Young, Robert, driver. (See French Creek.) Young, Robert, miner. YOXALL POULTRY FARM, Hartley Gisborne, Proprietor. LONG ISLAND (See corner cards.) Situated in Kennedy Lake. Yuretich, T., runner. Zayaksek, John, runner. Zbozasky, Joe, tracklayer. LOOKOUT ISLAND Zicks, M., driver. In Halibut Channel; lighthouse LAKE DISTRICT on east end. A lanTj district covering the LOW ISLAND southeast of the Saanich Penin- sula. (See Royal Oak and Heal.) Situated at entrance to Forward LANGFORD Inlet. Flag station on the E. & N. Ry., MALAHAT 8 miles from Victoria. A land district comprising the southern portion of the E. & N. Ry. LANZ ISLAND land grant. It extends from Gold- Situated about 10 miles north- stream north fo Shawnigan Lake. west of Cape Scott. MALCOLM ISLAND LASQUETI ISLAND A Government reservation in the An Island about 12 miles in Queen Charlotte Sound, about 5 length, situated 10 miles north 'of miles northwest of Johnstone Nanoose. Strait. Special Attention Given to Tourists Lewisvjile Hotel and Commercial Men. Newly Built and Refurnisliod Throughout. CHEMAINUS, B. C. S. J. HAGAN, Proprietor Layritz Nursery Headquarters for choice Nursery Stock. Best assortment in the Country. Carey Rd., Victoria, B.C. 208 Quathiaski Cove Read Island a large area at Marble Creek for that purpose. This is a favorite HAWKINS & HAYWARD starting point for sportsmen in search of elk, bear, deer and other ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES large game. AND CONSTRUCTION Postmaster, Eddijus Evenson. Bears, Cameron, farmer. 728 Yates St. Telephone 643 Browning, Joseph, farmer. Cramer, Paul, farmer. Evenson, Eddijus, farmer and post- QUATHIASKI COVE master. Ferguson, James A., trapper. Heriot (See also Valdez Island and Frigon, Edward, storekeeper. Bay.) Farmer, Alexander, farmer. A steamer landing and post of- Gill, John, farmer. fice on the southwest coast of Green, Francis J., storekeeper. Valdez Island, about 30 miles Ildstad, Thomas, farmer. north of Comox. Heriot Bay Ives, Edward, farmer. distant 6 miles; Cape Mudge 2 Jackson, George H., farmer and keeper miles. Steamer weekly from Van- of harbor light. couver. Jackson, James W., farmer. Postmaster, Edward Anderson. Jacobson, Christen, farmer. Larson, Louis, farmer. Anderson «& Comeau (Edward Ander- Linthlop, Howard, farmer. son and Frank J. Comeau), gene- Lokken, Bernard C, farmer. ral store, post office and salmon Macauley, Alexander J., cannery. farmer. Nordstrom, George, farmer and J.P. Anderson, of Anderson & Edward Nordstrom, Christopher, Comeau, postmaster. farmer. Noot, Mrs., schoolmistress. Comeau, Fra,nk J., of Anderson & Comeau. Noot, John, farmer. Pilling, Alfred E., farmer. Davidson, John B., lighthouse keeper, Cape Mudge. Pollock, Frederick, miner. Skedin, August, farmer. Hall, Richard H., J.P., farmer. Sherberg, Henry, clerk. Joyce, Alfred, farmer. Sherberg, Ole A., storekeeper. Joyce, Walter G., farmer and road- Sorenson, Gunder, master. farmer. Sorenson, Lloyd, Alfred, farmer. Tobias, provincial constable. Varney, Henry, farmer. Geo., Henry, Pidcock Bros. (Hugh Wilson, Reginald and Herbert Pidcock), Walter, farmer. sawmill. Quathiaski Cove Canning Co., Ander- RACE ROCKS proprietors, son & Comeau, sal- Off the southwest corner of canners. mon Vancouver Island, in Juan de Yeatman, Thomas, farmer. Fuca Strait. Lighthouse, F. Yeatman, Raymond, farmer. Eastwood, keeper. QUATSINO RAGGED ISLANDS A post office and settlement on Four miles east of Hernando the north side of Quatsino Sound, Island. 15 miles east of Winter Harbor. The inhabitants are chiefly Nor- RAZA ISLAND wegians, being part of a colony Lies east of Valdez Island, ac- formed by the late Colonel Baker. cross Calm Channel. Has post office, wharf, three stores and school and has regular steamship connection with Vic- READ ISLAND toria and other parts of the island, An island lying southeast of the SS. "Tee.s" calling here twice Valdez Island and separated a month. The Quatsino Pulp & therefrom by the Hoskyn Inlet, Power Company are making pre- and 40 miles north of Comox. It parations for introducing a large is about 10 miles in length. pulp mill, they having acquired Postmaster, Frederick Percival. B. C. Hardware Company, Ltd. 631 YATES STREET, Cor. BROAD, VICTORIA. Telephone 82 BIRKS & SONS, LTD. Vancouver, B.C. HENRY Send for our BUY DIAMONDS BY MAIL ^= CATALOGUE Gas and Gasoline Engines BUSINESSES General Stores 617 GAS AND GASOLINE ENGINES AND SUPPLIES HOTEL WILSON (See Engines—Gas and Gasoline.) FIREPROOF, MODERN and GENERAL STORE FITTINGS STRICTLY FIRST CLASS One Block from Steamboat Landing WOODWORKERS, LTD., 731 Johnson, Phone 1165. (See page 30.) JAS. R. MCKINNELL, PROP. GENERAL STORES N A N A I M O, B.C. Alberni—Alberni Trading St.ore. Bishop, Cliarles F. Mt. T.olmie—Shaw, N. D. Saunders, E. J., & Co. Nanaimo—Bevilochway. Geo. Thompson, James. Hoggan, Wm., Sr. Alert Bay—Chambers, Robt. Manson, L. Brechin—Watson Joseph. Meakin, Albert H. Campbell River—Campbell River Pollard, Wm. J. Trading Co. Rowe, Mrs. M. A. Cape Scott—C.o-operative Store. Sharp, John. Chemainus—Hemsworth, J. H. Thomas, J. D. Victoria Lumber Mfg. .Co. Watson, James. ClayoQuot—Dawley, W. T. Young, James. Sloman & McKenna. New Alberni—DeBeaux, Robt. Clo-oose—Logan, David. Dupont, Edward. Cobblehill—Lecroix Nelson. Waterhouse, A. E. Comox—Holmes, Joseph B. Parksville—Carr Bros. Moore, C. J. Port Kusam—Peterson, Theo. Corfield—Corfield, G. T. Sachts, Henry. Cortez Island—Manson, John. Port Renfrew—Williams, Joseph. Courtney—McPhee, J. & Sons. Q'uathiaski Cove—Anderson & Comeau. Cowichan Bay—Ondano, C. Quatsino—Frigon, Edward. Cowichan Station—Daniels, A. H. Green, Francis J. Frumento, P. Sherberg, Ole. A. Cracroft—McCormick, Peter. Rock Bay—Hastings Mill Co. Crofton—Cooper A. San Josef—Ohlsen H. Dyke, William. Sandwick—Duncan Bros. Cumberland—Campbell Bros. Shawnigan Lake—Koenig, Mrs. A. Leiser, Sim.on, & Co., Ltd. Sidney—Dickinson, L. Mussatto, Charles. Sidney Trading Co. Duncan—Bazett, Charles. White James J. Jaj'nes, William P. South Salt Spring—Edwards, R. P. Menzies, John H. South Wellington—Taylor, G. Pitt & Peterson. Watson & Davis. Potts, G. S. Stovely—Haslam, Mrs. C. Extension—De Rosa, J. Thetis Island—Burchell, Henry. Isher, Thomas. Thurlow—Forrest, J. McK. Tesini, L. Turgoose- -Crawford, J. W. Fort Rupert—Hunt, Mrs. M. Ucluelet—Janson,