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Andrew Spray tidies up around the grave of John Witty. The man Witty’s Lagoon was named after is buried in St. Mary the Virgin church cemetery. Spray will be one of the guides offering cemetery tours Aug. 18.
Buried bring Metchosin history to life Tours focus on tantalizing tales of founders Charla Huber News staff
Wander through the St. Mary the Virgin church cemetery and meet the pioneers of Metchosin.
St. Mary volunteers will host tours telling tales of memorable residents laid to rest on the grounds. Among them is Metchosin’s first midwife, Mary Ann Vine. “She would walk out to Sooke to deliver a baby and one day when
coming back from Sooke she saw a cougar who had just killed a deer. She scared off the cougar and packed the deer home,” said Andrew Spray, a volunteer tour guide. Vine, who lived on Glen Rosa Farm near Matheson Lake, died in 1907 at the age of 82. John Witty, the man Witty’s Lagoon is
named after, is also buried there. He donated the money for the St. Mary the Virgin church and cemetery to be built. After being kicked by a horse, he died two days before the church was consecrated. PlEASE SEE: Cemetery tours open to all, Page A8
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