Hirst Family
Receiving the dubious distinction as the first white settler to step onto these shores, John Hirst Junior arrived by canoe and purchased 160 acres for $160.
In 1895, John and his wife Ann (Harris of Nanaimo) started building the Rod and Gun Hotel. Unfortunately, John died before it opened but Ann continued with the project on her own and the doors to the hotel opened
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Rae, Leah, Morgan, Hattie, Thomas & John Hirst
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Rod and Gun Hotel, 1910
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Hirst farm, Parksville, 1910
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