The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Fenton, John
John Fenton was a miller and millwright who worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company. He
succeeded William Frederick Crate as miller at Fort Vancouver in 1843. Fenton resigned in 1849 and Crate, who had returned to Fort Vancouver, resumed his work as miller and millwright. 1
Fenton built a saw-mill on Vancouver Island on HBC land at the site of the present-day Six Mile Pub. In 1849 he journeyed south
to California in search of gold.2
Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online, s.v. Crate, William Frederick http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?id_nbr=4919 (accessed June 3, 2009).
Six Mile Pub, Six Mile Pub History, Six Mile Pub, http://www.sixmilepub.com/history.htm (accessed June 3, 2008)
The Colonial Despatches Team.
Fenton, John.The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria.
https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/fenton_j.html.
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