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Begbie, Matthew Baillie, Sir, 1819-1894 Yale (B.C.)
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Legal opinions offered by Attorney General

  • GR-1459
  • Series
  • 1864-1879

This series contains legal opinions offered by Attorney General on a wide range of subjects. For more information on the subjects covered, please consult the attached finding aid.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Attorney-General

W.E. Johnson interview

CALL NUMBER: T0765:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], [1963-03?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Johnson recalls arriving in New Westminster in 1879; living in Yale; an incident involving a steamboat trip on the Fraser; traveling to the family homestead in Halls Prairie in 1882; the; White Rock area circa 1882; picnics on the beach; the logging operations of Murran and Elwood; anecdote about beavers; roads in Surrey; the Semiahmoo Trail; customs at Elgin. TRACK 2: Mr. Johnson continues with discussion about the customs office at Elgin; his father's farm at Halls Prairie; life on the farm; early residents in the area; Hazelmere; the Thrift family; anecdotes about Judge Begbie; stage transportation; schooling; customs regulations; the murder of Murran; his work in the mills and later in the customs for the Great Northern Railroad; his customs work at the Cloverdale depot ;and later for government customs.;

CALL NUMBER: T0765:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], [1963-03?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Johnson talks about his Canadian customs work; the Great Northern Railroad; living in White Rock in 1909; shopping in Blaine; the railway customs house at White Rock; the customs house at; the Pacific Highway; customs incidents; the White Rock Water Works Company; early White Rock; subdivision. [TRACK 2: blank.]