Person Profile

Worsnop, Thomas Herbert

1865–

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Biography

He organized the Bennett Lake & Klondyke Navigation Co. on the Upper Yukon River in 1897.

He undertook explorations in central Africa 1902-1903.

He was the Manager of the Canadian Mexican Pacific Steamship Line 1909.

He was the Vice-President of the Columbia Taxi Cab Co.

He was a Director of ABC Elevator & Wharf Co. and the Columbia Trust Co. (He was qualified as a Master Mariner.) He resigned as the Port Warden of Vancouver in 1925.

References

  • Parker, C.W. (Ed.) (1911)
  • Victoria Times-Colonist (13/05/1909)
  • Motherwell, John L. (2012) Gold Rush Steamboats: Francis Rattenbury's Yukon Adventure

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