Saanich Clippings & Vertical Files

Saanich Archives Collection – Colquitz Correspondence and Clippings Collection from Vertical Files

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Feb 22, 1951 Saanich Star
Pioneer Prison became Pheasant Farm

April 28, 1960, Victoria Colonist
Man once Hanged in Colquitz Yard

Jan 30, 1964, Times Colonist
Colquitz Doors Shut, Dreary Story Ends

Oct 10, 1974, Victoria Times
Convicts to Jordan river; Wilkinson Move Set

May 9, 1981, No Source
TC Bid to rebuild Jail Fought

Wilkinson Road
Collected articles on 1992 efforts to save “Blue House”
[“designed by the Chief Architect’s section of Public Works … Hy Whittaker—reason for choice
of design unknown” Public Works Correspondence April to Sept 1929; not filmed]

Wilkinson Road (Copies of Official Correspondence)
Descriptions and municipal mapping of lots post-Colquitz
June 4, 1946 copy of letter from Alex Munro to Saanich re: owed for consolidation of his land
Ref: Clerk’s File No. 6, Box 88