Biographie
He was the brother-in-law of Captain Jim Olsen. After his marine career he worked in the wholesale grocery business.
He served in the Lorne. (He was qualified as a Master Mariner.) He served in the tugboat Respond as Master 1924.
He was the skipper of a tugboat owned by the Victoria Tug Company.
He opened a store and Post Office at Hot Springs Cove which became Clarke and Sons' General Store.
He married Mabel Stephens while on board the Princess Maquinna.
He and his wife donated the 35 acres of land on which the trail to Hot Springs Cove hot springs which are located as Maquinna Provincial Park.
Références
- Nicholson, George (1965)
- Sivertz, Bent G. (2000)
- Michael Kaehn (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 23/04/2016)
