Joan Eva Martin (nee Bacon) was born in Trail BC in 1926. She enlisted in the Canadian Women's Army Corps in 1944, and served in the Postal Corps until 1946. In 1969, she moved to Saanich with her husband Donald Martin. In the early 1970s, Joan Martin was approached to form a girls Little League in Gordon Head. She agreed and founded the Saanich Girls Little League, accepting the position of President, the first President of a girls Little League Softball organization in Canada. The inaugural season was 1974, and in the first year, 135 girls aged 9 to 12 registered. The Saanich Girls Little League was successful and grew, at its height comprising 31 teams playing in various parks. Joan Martin held the position of President until her retirement at the end of 1986, with the League folding shortly thereafter in 1987. On May 3, 1993—the twentieth anniversary of the first pitch of the Saanich Girls Little League—the Majestic Park softball park was dedicated by Mayor Murray Coell as the Joan Martin Diamond.
Cyril Thomas Vernon (Tom) Wellburn was born in 1904 in Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire. His parents brought the family to Victoria in 1910 where his father, Matthew Wellburn, started Wellburn's Grocery on Pandora at Cook Street. Tom Wellburn attended George Jay and Central Schools in Victoria and as a child learned to swim in the Gorge. He swam competitively as a member of the Victoria Amateur Swim Club (VASC) for a number of years, winning numerous medals and titles. He married Janet Evelyn (Jean) Hepburn of Victoria in 1928. Tom and Jean Wellburn had 3 children: Thomas John (Jack) Wellburn, Margaret Louise Billings and June Patricia Fletcher. Tom Wellburn's swimming medals were stolen from his home on Loenholm Road ca. 1980.
Olive Gray was the daughter of John and Edith Gray of 954 Arundel Drive.
Roy Wootten was born in Brandon Manitoba in 1913. His family moved to the Victoria area in 1925, where he attended Royal Oak School. He worked at various jobs around Victoria until opening his own retail dairy, which he sold in 1939. In 1940, Roy Wootten first joined the Saanich Fire Department, and later the Licence Department and the Building, Plumbing and Wiring Department. In 1950 he left Saanich to become a business agent for the Civic and School Board Employees on Vancouver Island. Roy Wootten ran for Saanich Council in 1951 and served until 1954, then returned to work for Saanich as Licence Inspector and Tax Collector. He was also Special Events Coordinator, with the Saanich Strawberry Festival being one of his well-known projects. He was Vice President of CUPE for all of Canada, President of the Greater Victoria Civic Employees Scholarship Benevolent Society, President of Saanich Municipal Employee's Association and the Firefighters Union President. He retired in 1974, at which time he became an Alderman and served on Council until 1976. Roy Wootten died in 1993.
Fred and William Quick were born in New Zealand, immigrating to Vancouver Island in 1889. They were involved in the dairy business and owned the first purebred herd of Jersey cows. They bought 150 acres at West Saanich and Wilkinson Roads, and farmed for 35 years. Frederick became very involved in the public sector, becoming Reeve of Saanich in 1908, 1909 and 1913. Both brothers were instrumental in building the Municipal Hall at 4512 West Saanich Road. In 1909, William married Esther Carmichael, Esther was a founding member of the Royal Oak Women's Institute. They were involved in building the Royal Oak Community Hall. Quick's Bottom was once part of the Quick farmland that is now a 33 acre wildlife sanctuary purchased by the Saanich municipality in 1969.
The Tod Inlet Boating Association was formed in 1946, when its first slate of officers was elected. Its purpose was the installation, operation, maintenance and repair of boating facilities for Association members. This was later expanded to include the public. Throughout its history, the Association averaged 30 members at a time. The Tod Inlet Boating Association had a lease agreement, renewed annually, with the British Columbia Cement Company Limited which granted access to Tod Inlet as well as mooring privileges. Later ownership companies included Ocean Construction Supplies Limited, B.A.C.M. Development Corporation Limited and Genstar Development. Uncertainty during the 1970s about possible development of the lands frequently called the future of the Association into question. The rental agreement between the Association and Genstar was terminated by the latter in 1981 due to a prospective purchase of the land. As a result, the Tod Inlet Boating Association membership agreed to formally dissolve the organization under the Societies Act but continued as an informal club into the 1990s, sending representatives to the Gowlland / Tod Park Lands Advisory Group in 1995.