Biography
His father had apprenticed with John Plenty & Sons, engine builders at Portsmouth UK.
He joined the Hudson's Bay Company in 1934 as an Apprentice Clerk at Tuktoyaktuk.
He was a member of the crews of the Margaret A., Northland Echo, Aklavik, Audrey B., Sea Wolf.
He operated the Sea Wolf with Gaven Ford in the Cape Perry NWT area for one season. In August 1934 he wintered at Anderson Bay and joined the Aklavik.
In 1938 he went to Aklavik Post.
He retired in Victoria BC living in a condo in Oak Bay.
References
MacFarlane, John M. (Interview with Jack Wood and Sven Johansson, Victoria BC 27/08/1991)
