Hillside Shopping Centre was built on this A Chinese-owned vegetable garden was located next to theĪt the end of Scott Street. The late 1950s, and several large greenhouses occupied lots at DoncasterĪnd Hillside. During his lengthy career Andrew was also a BC Shortly after their arrival, and operated The Ohlsons established Oaklands Nurseries Street, George and Cecilia Powers, later moved to 1431 Vining They lived at 1580 HillsideĪvenue at Doncaster Drive until their deaths. Married Catherine Farrington in 1889, and lived on the farm until c.1900.Īrea pioneers included Andrew Ohlson (1846-1930) and wife Palla (Neilson,ġ850-1933) who came to BC from Sweden in 1875. Wife Margaret (1852-1888) in 1861, then to Victoria and won a pavingĬontract for Wharf St. He came to BC from Quebec with his Scottish The farm was then sold for $6,000, likely Who came to Canada from England in 1865, was the leaseholder in 1875,Īnd died there in 1882 at 78. Listed as a farmer at Twin Oak Farm in 1871. It was auctionedĪgain for Lewis Dodgson, cattle dealer, in 1866, although he was still George Tomline Gordon bought the farm in 1861, and then it was sold at government auction in 1862. He left for San Francisco in the 1860s and died there Charles Alfred Bayley owned the farm for 14 months,īut sold because it didn’t make money. McDougal, who later moved to the Okanagan with his aboriginal wife EmilieĪnd their sons. It was possibly established in 1856 by John Twin Oak Farm was about 82 acres on Cedar Hill Road near or Oakland Estate became the property of the Genevieve lived on Foul Bay Road, likely at the Ross farm in Ross Bay, John and Genevieve cleared land among the Garry oak meadowsįor Oakland Farm, built a substantial farmhouse, and had at Of Simon Bonaparte Plamondon who worked for the HBC at Fort LangleyĬ.1827-1830. John married Genevieve Plamondon, daughter John Ross was the eldest son of Isabella and Charles Ross, Hudson Bay Co Chief Section 48, as it was later known, remained The land south of Ryan Street became part Later known as Section 29, was allotted to John Ross and he called it When the City was surveyed in the 1850s, the land north of Ryan St, There were areas of swampland along Haultain Street. The area west of Bowker Creek and the Hillside Shopping Centre area Occurred between WWI and WWII, and before this, vast sections of Neighbourhood in the NE corner of Victoria, bounded by North Dairy, Oaklands is an expansive and primarily residential Heritage Register, described in detail in our This Old House series.īy Maryanne McGrath © 2007 Victoria Heritage Foundation We hope that these, along with photos of streetscapes as they used to be, will give the reader a sense of the neighbourhood as it was in the past.Īddresses in bold refer to buildings on the City’s Some still exist but many are demolished. Photos used in this history generally show buildings not on the City’s Heritage Register.

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