LINKS
The links below provide further information about the life and times of Flora Ross, her family, the Provincial Asylum, the San Juan Island Boundary Dispute, and other topics relevant to this website
VICTORIA HISTORY:
University of Victoria, Victoria History Collections
https://www.uvic.ca/library/featured/collections/about/veh.php
Victoria Harbour History
https://www.victoriaharbourhistory.com
The Ross Bay Cemetery, which sits on the western half of the Ross family farm:
https://oldcem.bc.ca/cem/cem_rb/
Archives of the Colonist/British Colonist Newspaper:
THE PROVINCIAL ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE:
A history of the Provincial Asylum for the Insane/Woodlands
https://www.michaeldecourcy.com/asylum/index.htm
A brief page with a photo of the original Royal Hospital, where Flora Ross lived as Matron from 1872-1878
THE SAN JUAN ISLAND BOUNDARY DISPUTE:
U.S. National Park Service Webpage for San Juan Island Pig War:
https://www.nps.gov/sajh/learn/historyculture/the-pig-war.htm
HistoryLink Page on Pig War
https://www.historylink.org/File/5724
VANCOUVER ISLAND FIRST NATIONS HISTORY:
Royal BC Museum, Page on History of the Territory before arrival of Europeans
https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/about/museum-information/history-territory
Royal Roads history of local First Nations Communities
https://www.royalroads.ca/about/aboriginal-relations/surrounding-local-first-nations-communities
The Bill Reid Centre/SFU – source of information on First Nation’s coastal history
A Royal BC Museum Page re: the Old Songhees Reserve
https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/exhibits/journeys/english/city_2_2a.php
THE SISTERS OF ST. ANN:
BC Archives Webpage for the Archives of the Sisters of St. Ann
https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/bc-archives/info/sisters-st-ann-archives
MISCELLANEOUS HISTORY PAGES:
Homepage for UBC Online Archives of BC Newspapers
https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcnewspapers
B.C. Archives Search Page
https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
Bowling Green State U. Website of BC Newspaper Archives
https://libguides.bgsu.edu/c.php?g=227443&p=1507140
