Verdier Point


Verdier Point (48˚38'00" 123˚32'00" W side of Saanich Inlet, S of Mill Bay, NW of Victoria), Verdier Shoal (52˚43'00" 129˚27'00" NW of Moore Is, W of N Aristazabal I, S approach to Caamaño Sd, Hecate Str). Francis Verdier (1865–1947), a farmer, timber cruiser and member of a pioneer Saanich family, marked out the original route of the Malahat hwy from Mill Bay to Goldstream. He was born on the Saanich Peninsula and married US-born Anna St Louis (b 1878) at Victoria in 1897. They later...

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