Navvy Jack Point

Navvy Jack Point (49˚20'00" 123˚10'00" N side of Burrard Inlet, just W of First Narrows, W Vancouver). “Navvy Jack” was the nickname of pioneer W Vancouver settler John Thomas, who was born in Wales about 1832, immigrated to N America as a young man and made his way to BC for the Cariboo gold rush. He ran freight in the Interior, then moved to Burrard Inlet in 1866 and operated a ferry. He found success with a gravel operation at the mouth of the Capilano R and supplied materials to...

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