Brabant, Augustin Joseph

BRABANT, Augustin Joseph, Roman Catholic missionary (b 23 Oct 1845, Rolleghem, Belgium; d 1912, Victoria). After studies at the American College of Louvain he was ordained a priest in 1868 and left Europe for BC and a life as a missionary to the NUU-CHAH-NULTH (Nootka) people on the remote west coast of VANCOUVER ISLAND. In 1875 he founded a ROMAN CATHOLIC mission at HESQUIAT at the north end of CLAYOQUOT SOUND, the first mission on the Island's outer coast. His book, Vancouver Island and its...

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