Biography
He was an author, editor and publisher.
He was the author of Wooden Ships and Iron Men a now-classic 1924 book about the last days of the Age of Sail in Maritime Canada.
He edited the monthly journal Canadian Fisherman for forty years, 1919 to 1960.
Military Service
He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant RNR.
He was the sailing master of a British Q-Ship in World War One. (He was released.)
References
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- en.wikipedia.org ↗