Biografía
He came from Barbados to Vancouver in 1885.
He worked as a porter and second bartender at the Sunnyside Hotel in Gastown.
He lived in a cottage in Alexandra park beside the bandstand.
He was hired as a swimming instructor at English Bay and Official Lifeguard in 1901.
He is said to have saved more than 100 lives.
Lugares nombrados
Joe Fortes Branch of the Vancouver Public Library)
Referencias
- Kluckner, M. (1993)
- Brissenden, Constance with Larry Loyie. (1997) Greater Vancouver Hall of Fame. In The Greater Vancouver Book: an urban encyclopedia. Ed. Chuck Davis. Vancouver BC: Linkman Press.
