Extension, British Columbia
Extension, originally Wellington Extension, is a community to the south of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, on Vancouver Island.
History
African American farmers settled in Cranberry District (later called Extension) in approximately the 1870s, including Louis Stark who established a pre-emption in 1873.[1] In 1884, Jonathan and Elizabeth Bramley and several of their adult children moved to the area and established a farm called Rothwell Ranch.[2] The area remained sparsely populated until coal mines in A post office was opened in 1900 with the name "Extension" in reference to the Wellington Extension of the collieries at Wellington, 13 km away. Owned by the Wellington Colliery Company, one of the area's main coal companies, this was originally called "Wellington Extension" until shortened to "Extension" when the post office was named.[3]
References
- ^ Peterson, Jan, 1937- (2003). Hub City : Nanaimo, 1886-1920. Heritage House. ISBN 1894384660. OCLC 52705043.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Hinde, John Roderick, 1964- (2003). When coal was king : Ladysmith and the coal-mining industry on Vancouver Island. UBC Press. ISBN 0774809353. OCLC 53075459.
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