Biographie
(He was qualified as a Master Mariner.) He was a partner with Sewell Moody in a sawmill.
He owned the tug Sea Foam and provided the first regular transit service on Burrard Inlet from Brighton to Moodyville and Stamp's Mill.
Anecdotes
In 1892 he backed an expedition to recover treasure from Cocos Island in his vessel the Eliza Edward.
In 1895 he visited the island with two companions and returned six months later.
Références
- Brissenden, Constance with Larry Loyie (1997) Greater Vancouver Hall of Fame. In The Greater Vancouver Book: an urban encyclopedia. Ed. Chuck Davis. Vancouver BC: Linkman Press
- The Daily Colonist (October 13, 1935)
