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Previously printed in the Bruce Bulletin, Volume 13, Issue 1, February 2002Strays from the Victoria B.C. Daily Colonist
James McNeill, an old Cassiar miner, died at Juneau,
Alaska Terr. Jan 17,1887, after a lingering illness. He was
about 60. He was born in Scotland, and his parents emigrated to
Canada. His widowed mother and family are believed to still
reside in Paisley, Ont. About 20 years ago Mr. McNeill,
being the eldest child, left home for the west. After lumbering
in California, he mined in Cariboo and Cassiar [BC], whence he
drifted to Alaska, and has lived in and about Juneau for about 6
years. |
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