Lempriere, Arthur Reid. Royal Engineer.
- MS-2718
- Series
- 1859-1864
Part of Arthur Lempriere fonds
Photocopy of a diary kept by Captain Lempriere during his service in British Columbia. Arthur Reid Lempriere was an officer in the third group of Royal Engineers to arrive in British Columbia. He arrived at Esquimalt Harbour on April 12, 1859, aboard the Thames City. Captain Lempriere and a small party of sappers surveyed and built the Boston Bar Trail, from Hope to Lytton by way of the Coquihalla River.
Copied from copy held by Special Collections, University of British Columbia with permission of National Army Museum (London, England)