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September 1987   (Robin LeGarf interviewing Mrs. Eleanor Cann)   Q: Mrs. Cann, could you tell us something about your grandparents for a start?   A: Yes, my grandfather and grandmother, Mr. and Mrs. Cullin, bought property next door to the old Hurley Hotel (Shawnigan Beach Hotel) and they just camped there just around 1886 or something and an uncle of mine owned the property from the beach hotel right down to Priers Point and there were a lot of my grandfather’s friends who w

Edward (Ted) Goodall was born on September 3, 1909, to Mabel and Sidney F. Goodall, barrister, solicitor and Mayor of Wells, Somerset, England. At an early age he showed interest in art which wasn't unusual considering he came from a family of talented artists notably his Great Grandfather, his Grand Uncle and his Grandfather but at first he was not encouraged by his father as he felt it should be left as a hobby. He attended Monmouth College in Wales and while there studied

Sometime around 1913-14, CW Lonsdale moved to Shawnigan Lake to become the manager of the Strathcona Hotel. He soon lost interest in the hotel business and began to look for other opportunities. He tried to enlist in the Canadian Army, but was rejected for health reasons.   Lonsdale was a confident and intelligent man who felt that Canadians were, unlike himself, primitive and unschooled. He believed that with his background and education, he was a natural educator.  With tha

(from THE SHAWNIGAN LAKE LUMBER COMPANY - 1889 - 1943 By Robert Brian Griffin, B.A., University of Victoria, 1973   Operations were very uncertain during the early 1930's because of the depression and completely ceased with the destruction of the sawmill by fire in 1934.   On August 10th, 1934, the sawmill and other facilities were totally destroyed by fire.  This event made front page news, not only in the Cowichan Leader , but also in the Victoria Daily   Times which annou