Pike, Warburton Mayer

PIKE, Warburton Mayer, sportsman (b 1861, Dorsetshire, England; d 20 Oct 1915, Bournemouth, England). A well-educated member of a distinguished English family, he arrived in BC in 1884 to indulge his passion for big-game hunting. He bought property on MAYNE and SATURNA islands—including a sheep ranch and profitable sandstone quarry—and in VICTORIA, but his rough clothes and tattered appearance belied his substantial wealth. Trips to the Arctic and Alaska, both involving journeys through...

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