Operated by four generations of family members named Michael Smith, 13 Maples Farm is being recognized with a Century Farm Award for their contribution to B.C. agriculture and their local community.
“I am proud of our family’s history of farming in the Cowichan Valley and quietly contributing to our local community,” said Michael D. Smith, owner, 13 Maples Farm. “I hope to hand down the farm to my daughter Charlotte and fifth generation Michael J. in the future.”
The history of the four Michaels in British Columbia started more than 130 years ago when the Smith family arrived in the Cowichan area from Nova Scotia after originally immigrating from England in the 1850s. Michael Smith and his brother Bob began a mining, logging and a dairy operation at their farm of more than 40 hectares (100 acres) on Somenos Road.
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