O'Neill, J. Wiggs

O'NEILL, J. Wiggs, riverboat pioneer, writer (b 1882, Barkerville; d 1964). As a youngster he moved with his family to the QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS and then to Port Simpson (see FORT SIMPSON), where his stepfather worked for the HBC. Wiggs began working on a SKEENA R sternwheeler in 1898 and remained on the river until the end of the steamboat era in 1911. He then moved to SMITHERS, where he operated the first power plant and owned an auto agency for 43 years. He was famous as a storyteller and...

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