Smith, Cecil "Cougar"

SMITH, Cecil "Cougar," bounty hunter, guide (b 1878, Ashbourne, England; d 1961, Campbell River). He was a son of Amelia and Horace Smith, English immigrants who came to VANCOUVER ISLAND in the 1880s to farm at BLACK CREEK; his brother Eustace SMITH was a famed timber cruiser. Cecil made his living with rod and rifle, becoming a popular hunting and FISHING guide and skilled COUGAR tracker in the CAMPBELL RIVER area. At age 14 he killed his first cougar with an old muzzle-loading musket given by...

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