According to 1988's A Victorian Missionary and Canadian Indian Policy, it was the first agricultural settlement established anywhere in the Colony of Vancouver Island that was not owned by the Hudson's Bay Company or its subsidiary the Pugets Sound Agricultural Company.
Conform Victorian Missionary și Canadian Indian policy din 1988, a fost prima așezare agricolă din Colonia Insulelor Vancouver care nu era deținută de Compania Hudsons Bay sau de filiala Peuget Sounds Agricultural Company.