MacFarlane Towing Company

Two brothers, Arthur and Fred MacFarlane of Mill Bay, started towing scows and logs around Mill Bay in 1910 using the small tug Victory. They soon acquired a larger wooden tug, the Wabash. When the brothers returned from service overseas in WWI, they purchased a tug named Bonilla. They subsequently owned the tugs J.W.P., Daring, Doreen M., Restless, and Swiftsure II. The company office was in the Yarrow building on Fort Street in Victoria. Fred MacFarlane sold his interest in the firm to his brother Arthur in 1934. The company closed when Arthur MacFarlane retired in 1947.