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Glide, Henry If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Captain (MM)
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Birth	00/01/1835	Death	00/00/1921
Place	Chiselhurst	Place	Victoria
Area	Kent	Area	BC
Country	UK	Country	Canada

 

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Biography

In 1850 he apprenticed in the HBC bark Prince of Wales. In 1852 he transferred to the Otter for a voyage to the Pacific, arriving on the the coast in 1853. In July 1858 he was appointed as the first Marine Pilot in British Columbia, in spite of not being a Master Mariner. (The certificate was signed by Captain W.A. Prevost RN and Governor James Douglas). In 1861 he married the daughter of Robert Laing. In 1863 he returned to work with the Hudson's Bay Company. (He was retired in Victoria BC.)

 

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References
Wright, E.W. (ed.) (1895 reprinted 1967); Wilson, Hill (2005);
Last update
2017-11-09 00:00:00

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