Pitka, John

PITKA, John, Estonian pioneer (b 19 Feb 1872, Jalgsemaa, Estonia; d 1944). A hero in the Estonian War of Independence in 1918–19, he was appointed rear admiral of the Estonian navy and knighted by the British for services as an ally against the Russian Bolshevik regime. In 1924 he came to BC with his wife Helene, 4 of their children and 10 other people. They settled on the south shore of Stuart Lk near FORT ST JAMES and attempted to establish a colony. Pitka, his wife and some of their...

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