Series MS-2057 - Mainguy, Daniel Wishart, 1842-1906. Chemainus; Farmer.

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Mainguy, Daniel Wishart, 1842-1906. Chemainus; Farmer.

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MS-2057

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  • 1863 (Creation)
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    Mainguy, Daniel Wishart
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    1953

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Originals and typescripts, 1869, 1877-1884, 7 cm, microfilm (neg.), 1863-1884, 35 mm [A01247(6)]

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Daniel Mainguy was a farmer and police constable at Chemainus, B.C.

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Journals (4 vols.) describing his voyage from England around Cape Horn to Vancouver Island (last entry made at 9 deg. S. lat.), Jan - April 1863, his life at Chemainus and a visit to Victoria, Jan 1-14, 1869, his departure from Victoria and return to England via San Francisco and New York and the first part of his lengthy visit in England, Nov 1876 -June 1877 (vol. 1); his activities in England, Jul 1877 - Aug 1878, including visits to the Channel Islands and France and his return to Vancouver Island via Halifax and the U.S., Aug - Nov 1878 (vols. 2-3); his work on the CPR in the Fraser Canyon Jul 1882 - Oct. 1883 and his work as a constable at Chemainus, Oct - Nov 1884 (vol. 3). Vol. 4 contains humorous accounts by others of a visit by Mainguy to Leamington, 1878, his stay in Halifax, 1878, and a trip from Drynoch to Spences Bridge, Christmas, 1882.

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Originals deposited in by E.R.Mainguy, and microfilmed by PABC, in 1982.

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Researchers are directed to use the microfilm [A01247(6)].

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  • Box: A01247(6)