Sproat, Gilbert Malcolm

SPROAT, Gilbert Malcolm, entrepreneur, author, Indian commissioner (b 19 Apr 1834, Borgue, Scotland; d 4 June 1913, Victoria). He came to VANCOUVER ISLAND in 1860 as a representative of a London firm helping to finance a sawmill at PORT ALBERNI. In 1863 he succeeded Edward STAMP as manager of ANDERSON MILL, the first export SAWMILL in BC. Meanwhile he became a justice of the peace and pursued business interests in VICTORIA. After the sawmill closed, Sproat returned to England and in 1868...

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