Rogers, Benjamin Tingley

ROGERS, Benjamin Tingley, sugar manufacturer (b 21 Oct 1865, Philadelphia, PA; d 17 June 1918, Vancouver). After working at sugar refineries in New Orleans and New York, he came to VANCOUVER at age 24, and with the backing of city council and the CPR he established BC Sugar (see ROGERS SUGAR) in 1890. It was the first refinery in western Canada and the first non-resource-based industry in the city. His West End mansion, Gabriola, designed by the renowned architect Samuel MACLURE, has been...

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