Cunningham, Robert

CUNNINGHAM, Robert, missionary, fur trader, salmon canner (b 1 Jan 1837, Tullyvally, Ireland; d 8 Apr 1905, Victoria). The son of a Protestant farmer, he studied at the Church Missionary Society (CMS) college in London and in 1862 came to BC to assist William DUNCAN's mission at METLAKATLA. After he married a FIRST NATIONS woman the CMS expelled him in July 1867. He was employed by the HBC from 1867 to 1870 and eventually took charge of FORT SIMPSON, but he resigned over a salary dispute. In...

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