Fortune, William

FORTUNE, William, farmer, businessman (b 1838, Yorkshire, England; d 1 Dec 1914, Kamloops). After immigrating to Ontario, he joined the party of OVERLANDERS who travelled across the continent in 1862 to join the CARIBOO GOLD RUSH. He worked for the HBC in KAMLOOPS, then moved west to settle at TRANQUILLE, where he developed a ranch and farm and built the first flour mill in the Interior. In 1878 he built the sidewheel steamer Lady Dufferin to haul supplies on the THOMPSON and SHUSWAP waterways....

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