*Location:

   (in storage?)

   Vancouver Island Regional Library
     (South Cowichan Branch)
   Mill Bay Centre
   Mill Bay Road
   Mill Bay, British Columbia, Canada
   LL: N 48.65083, W 123.55861

   George Turner's church
   6489 Norcross Road,
     at Trans-Canada Highway
   Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
   LL: N 48.80579, W 123.71561

Site locator map

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Vancouver Island Regional Library
     (South Cowichan Branch)
   *parcel:
     2720 Mill Bay Road
   *postal:
     Box 118, 310-2720 Mill Bay Road
   Mill Bay, BC  V0R 2P0
   T: 250-743-5436
   E: info@virl.bc.ca
   - or -
   Mill Bay Centre
   Unit #368-2720 Mill Bay Road
   Mill Bay, BC
   T: 250-743-5500  -or-  252-0664
   E: mfuller@boultbee.ca

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Anonymous tower clock c1800 refurbished
   by Potts of Leeds, UK, in 1956.
   Bells and clock removed after noise
   complaints.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument (without any workable playing mechanism) of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1955
     with bells made by Whitechapel      
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nCnH  
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2014

Google StreetView image of the library

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Whitechapel bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American chimes by weight (pitch).
Ranking among all North American chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in BC.

   This page was built from the database on  2-Mar-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/01/15
   and on technical data last updated on 2022/01/22