The property of Hatley Park in British Columbia, was originally purchased in 1906 by James Dunsmuir, the province’s Lieutenant Governor. Dunsmuir and his wife commissioned the Canadian architect Samuel Maclure to construct a 40-room mansion, a project that took two years to complete. As Dunsmuir was of Scottish descent, the mansion was built in the Scottish Baronial style rather than the Tudor style that was popular at the time. The mansion, known as Hatley Castle, became a local landmark. It was occupied by Dunsmuir’s descendants until the end of the Great…
