(At Metchosin Schoolhouse, about 15 miles west of Victoria)

In spring, 1872, classes began in Metchosin Schoolhouse with Mrs. Elizabeth Fisher teaching 7 girls and 3 boys.  On land donated by John Witty, and with its $300 cost shared equally by local settlers and the colonial government, it was the first new school building opened in British Columbia after Confederation.  In regular use to 1914 and reopened in 1942, it finally closed its doors in 1949.