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NEWS RELEASE
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August 25, 2009 |
Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts |
CRAIGFLOWER
MANOR RECEIVES $250,000 TO REPAIR FIRE DAMAGE
Victoria – Craigflower Manor
will receive up to $250,000 in joint federal and provincial support to cover the cost of repairing
damage caused by a January fire, Tourism, Culture and the Arts Minister Kevin
Krueger announced today.
“Craigflower
Manor is one of the oldest buildings in B.C., and is a valuable attraction
among the province’s diverse collection of heritage sites,” said Krueger.
“Matched with the $125,000 committed by the Province, the federal grant will
provide the financial resources needed to repair fire damage to conserve this
treasured heritage site.”
Craigflower Manor is a provincially-owned heritage property and a national historic site of Canada. The two-storey log farm house is one of the last remaining links to original settlement farms established by the Hudson Bay Company in the 1850s.
In March 2009, the Province, with participation
from community partners, raised a total of $125,000 in monetary support and
services to assist with the cost of fire-damage repairs for the heritage site.
This amount was used in the Province’s application for matching federal funding
under the National Historic Sites of Canada Cost-Sharing Program delivered
by Parks Canada. The federal and provincial contributions provide a combined
total of $250,000 for the Craigflower Manor restoration project.
The
fire at Craigflower Manor broke out Jan. 23, 2009 under the main interior
stairwell. The blaze was quickly extinguished by the View Royal fire department,
with the assistance of the Colwood and Esquimalt fire departments. The fire damaged the interior main floor, staircase, kitchen and dining
room and caused substantial smoke and soot damage, mainly upstairs. In the days following, the
firefighters were publicly acknowledged by the Province for their extraordinary
efforts in saving Craigflower Manor.
Craigflower Manor is managed and operated by The Land Conservancy under a 15-year provincial contract that started in 2003.
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