Smith Island

Smith Island (54˚09'00" 130˚14'00" Just W of mouth of the Skeena R, S of Prince Rupert). British civil engineer Marcus Smith (1815–1904) had worked in England, Wales and S Africa before coming to Canada to join the staff of the Intercolonial Rwy. In 1872 he was appointed chief resident assistant in BC to Sandford Fleming, the CPR’s chief engineer, in charge of surveying potential routes through the mountains to the coast. He came to favour a northern line for the railroad, through Pine...

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