Doig, James

He came to Mitchell Ontario with his parents as a baby. After leaving school he worked in sawmills and handled freight.

In 1871 he joined the Grand Trunk Railway and moved west to Fort Garry in 1875.

He was once renowned as the "oldest conductor on the CPR system". Later he worked in the customs office in Vancouver BC.

In 1907 he was the Manager of he Bank of British North America in Victoria BC and owned the sailing sloop Helen.

Helen (sloop);