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Valley marks Canada Day. See page A10 inside.
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Crushers crush all opponents Clearwater Crusher Karter Romeo winds up for a pitch during the U16 provincial championships held in Clearwater over the weekend. The Crushers will now continue on to the BC Summer Games on July 18 in Nanaimo. Romeo has been chosen to play in the Canadian National Championships in Fredrickton, NB on Aug. 6. Two local teams also competed in the U12 provincials in Clearwater on the weekend. For more about both tourneys, see page A11 inside. Photo by Keith McNeill
The grandson of Wells Gray visits Wells Gray Park Keith McNeill
John Hogg, the grandson of Wells Gray, relaxes with his wife Linda at Garden View Cottage Bed and Breakfast before going to visit the park named after his grandfather. Photo by Keith McNeill
Wells Gray Park had an unusual visitor last week – John Hogg, the grandson of Wells Gray. Hogg’s grandfather passed away while he was still a child but he heard about him often when he was a young boy and worked as a page in the Legislative Assembly in Victoria. He also heard about the park that was named after Wells Gray, but he never visited it until now. His only memento of his mother’s father is a pocket watch that was given to Wells Gray by the grateful citizens of
New Westminster. Hogg spent most of his life working as a lawyer for the provincial government. His father and his father’s father both were lawyers as well, he noted. He believed this was the first time in B.C. history that three generations practiced law in the province. After Hogg retired he went to work for the Tsawwassen First Nation. He was quite impressed by the chief they had the time, he said. After that, he went back to work again for a while in Ireland. Now retired for a third time, he and his wife, Linda, were on a
driving tour of western Canada, going as far east as Winnipeg, Manitoba, before heading back for their home in Victoria. “I said we had to include this in our itinerary,” he said of visiting Wells Gray Park. The couple spent the day of July 3 visiting the park. They enjoyed their time there and even saw two bears. According to Wikipedia, Arthur Wellesley Gray was born in New Westminster in 1876. He was a skilled lacrosse player and was a member of the New Westminster Salmonbelly Club when it won the world championship in 1900.
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He served as councillor and then mayor of New Westminster, then was elected MLA – and reelected four times. As Minister of Lands he was responsible for the creation of several of B.C.’s first parks, including Tweedsmuir, Hamber, and Manning parks. In 1939 he helped create Wells Gray Park, which was named after him. The following year he spent four days touring the park, visiting Helmcken Falls, camping at the Horseshoe for two nights, and boating on Mahood Lake. Wells Gray passed away from a heart ailment in 1944.
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