Miner's Bay Mayne Island

In 1859 The earliest homesteaders registered land claims in the Miners Bay area in 1859. Miners Bay owes its name to the adventurers
bound for the Cariboo Gold Rush of 1858, the halfway stop between Vancouver Island and the mouth of the Fraser River.

During the Fraser River/Cariboo Gold Rush of the mid-1800's, Vancouver Island miners gathered at Miner's Bay before rowing across
the
Strait of Georgia. Today, boaters find docking facilities at the government wharf and can walk into the village of Miner's Bay.

During the late 1800s Mayne Island was both the commercial and social centre of the Gulf Islands. The port at Miners Bay was always
busy due to the steady stream of marine traffic travelling through Active Pass. The historic village at Miners Bay is still the commercial
centre of the island, with the annual Fall Fair still being held at the old Agricultural Hall like so many years before.

Marie Elliot's 1984 book "Mayne Island & The Outer Gulf Islands, A History" (page 27), mentions that the first community hall in the
outer islands was erected in Miner's Bay, "circa 1899 -- the precise date is uncertain".

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