人物プロフィール

Kinney, George Rex Boyer

1872–1961

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伝記

He was ordained as a Methodist minister in Vancouver BC in 1905.

He was one of the first members of the Alpine Club of Canada in 1906.

He made a solo ascent of Mount Stephen in 1904.

He claimed the first ascent of Mount Robson in 1909 with Curley Philips but they likely only came close to the summit.

He was a conscientious objector in the First World War serving as a stretcher bearer in the 4th Ambulance Corps.

In the 1920s he established the Kootenay Waterway Mission in interior BC and he later worked in coastal missions on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

He worked with the United Church of Canada with men on relief 1937-42 and with Indians at Koksilah BC.

He moved to Victoria BC about 1940 where he worked as a relief minister.

命名された地物

Kinney Lake (BC)

参考文献

  • Scott, Chic (2000)
  • Putnam, W.L. and G.W. Boles, R.W. Laurilla (1990)

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