Ker Island

Ker Island (48˚40'00" 123˚22'00" Off Tsehum Hbr and Sidney, NE end of Saanich Peninsula, N of Victoria). Victoria’s David Russell Ker (1862–1923) joined Henry Brackman (see Brackman I) in 1882 to form the Brackman-Ker Milling Co. Their original gristmill was located at Tsehum Hbr, but in the 1890s the partners built a much larger one on Victoria Hbr and produced flour and a variety of animal feeds. Brackman died in 1903, but under Ker the business flourished, expanding throughout BC and...

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