Evans Rock

Evans Rock (52˚50'00" 129˚32'00" W of Rennison I, entrance to Caamaño Sd). David Evans (1843–1934), a native of Penthryn, Wales, immigrated in 1862 with his two brothers (John Newell and James) to Victoria, where he was employed by the HBC at Craigflower Farm. He was the first to take up land in the Cowichan Valley, in 1864, and was soon followed by his siblings; they farmed for many years in the Somenos area. David Evans married Margaret Nairn Mclay (1859–1934) at Victoria in 1878 and...

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