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is notable as being the first municipality on the coast to adopt the single tax, all buildings and other real estate improvements being exempt from taxation.” Henry J. Boam, British Columbia: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries and Resources. London, England: Sells Limited, 1912. 4 �history centers

England, a place so named did not even officially exist. Claude Hill was 19 years of age when he left England to go to America in 1879. He joined up with a friend of similar age and the two of them lived for a time with the friend's uncle in the eastern part of the United States. Later, young Hill made

........................................90 Craigflower Farm, c. 1860......................................................................91 Agnes McKenzie, c. 1865........................................................................91 Robert Burnaby’s Grave, Emmanuel Church, Loughborough, England.........92 Woodthorpe Grange, near

" soils this prop- erty captured the imagination of a number of new English immigrants to British Columbia who were intent on building country homes and earning a living through the cultivation of small market gardens. The first to purchase was Louis Claude Hill who had come to B.C. horn England in 1889

at Second Street school in 1928. Teacher, not pictured, was Miss Evans. George Leaf T he incorporation of Burnaby as a municipality was still a good four years i n the future w h e n the Burgess family arrived i n Canada from England i n 1888, staying temporarily i n N e w Westminster a n d b u y i n g land