Rare Real Photo Postcard of the Hamsterley Lakeside Resort in Saanich (British Columbia)

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"Hamsterley Lakeside Resort. Mile 9. Sidney Highway." Gowen, Sutton Co. Ltd., Vancouver.

Hamsterley Lakeside Tea Rooms, E. Saanich Rd., Colquitz

(1928 Directory listing).

Hamsterley Lakeside Resort circa-1925, located at Mile 9 [14.5 km] on East Saanich Road ('Sidney Highway'), which would today be in the approximate area of the 5400-block of Hamsterley Road near Sayward Road, off the Pat Bay Highway (Hwy. 17) at Elk Lake in Saanich, BC on Vancouver Island.

The resort was operated by Algernon Henry Pease and was located across from George Maynard's Elk Lake Automobile Camp.

The Peases named their previous property at 3815 Haro Road, Saanich, "Hamsterley Farm" and operated a strawberry jam factory on it. After they sold it, they opened the "Hamsterley Tea Room" on the Malahat, then

"Hamsterley Lakeside" and later the "Toby Jug" at Elk Lake.

The Hamsterley Lakeside opened in 1925 and featured a dance pavilion that could accommodate up to 150 couples, with music provide by a 5 piece orchestra, The Hamsterley Serenaders. Also part of the resort was the Toby Jug Tea Room, famous for its English Countryside Teas.

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