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Memorial Craigflower Manor HBC farm 1853-56
1960
Saanich, British Columbia, Canada

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In 1853-56, Kenneth McKenzie built this house for the Puget's Sound Agricultural Company, a subsidiary of the Hudson's Bay Company. As the overseer's residence it was the focus of Craigflower Farm, the senior of four farms on the island whos employment of colonists marked the transition from fur trade to settlement on the northwest coast. When McKenzie was manager, the Manor was a centre of social life for Victoria residents and Royal Navy officers from Esquimalt. Built mainly from native materials, it is a fine example of early domestic architecture in Western Canada.
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.