Biografie
He came to Canada as a child with his parents.
He undertook surveys in northern Ontario and arrived in British Columbia in 1858 via Cape Horn.
In 1859 he was Superintendent of Public Works.
In 1862-63 he was involved in the construction of the Yale-Cariboo wagon road.
He was a Member of the Legislative Council of British Columbia in 1864 in the first legislature.
He resigned to become Assistant Surveyor General of British Columbia 1864-66.
He went to the United States involved in railroad construction in 1866.
In 1865 he was the Gold Commissioner for the Big Bend country on the Columbia River.
He searched in 1871 for rail routes through Howse Pass but abandoned it in 1872 in favour of the Yellowhead route, eventually abandoning it in favour of the Kickinghorse Pass.
He discovered the Eagle Pass in 1865.
In 1885 he published a book of memories called The Rocks and Rivers of British Columbia.
He was an Engineer in Manitoba.
Benannte Orte
Moberly (BC), Moberly Marsh, Moberly Pass
Referenzen
- Burrows, R. in Railway Mileposts: British Columbia
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- Howay, F.W. (1914)
- Wallace, W. Stewart (Ed.) 1978
- Nobbs, Ruby M. (1998)
