DAVID McDOUGALL EXPIRES TUESDAY
Pioneer Resident Since 1865 Dies at the Age of 82
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David McDougall, pioneer hunter and free trader, and one of Calgary's most widely known old time residents, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George H. Ross, on Tuesday afternoon, at 2:35 o'clock.
David McDougall was one of Alberta's oldest pioneers, and as far as reminiscences of old-timers go, her first free trader, having spent nearly a quarter of a century trading furs with the tribes in the early days.
He was born in Owen Sound and came to Alberta in 1865. He was educated in the Owen Sound public schools, then attended the different mission schools, Victoria college, Coburg, and fianlly Rockwood academy, near Guelph, Ontario. After his schooling was finished, he went to the United States and clerked in a store for a year, then west to join his father, Rev. George McDougall, who had established a Methodist mission which he named Victoria. In company with his sister, Mrs. Richard Hardisty, wife of the late Senator Hardisty, the first senator of the North West Territories, he was 60 days making the trip west.
For two years he helped his father on his primitive mission-farm, then decided to become a "free trader" in 1867, Confederation year. This was observed in the "west" by all the higher Hudson's Bay officials "going out" to Ft. Garry, capital of the fur trading country of those days.
All winter he trapped and traded with the Indians, within a two hundred mile radius of Victoria. As soon as spring opened, and the grass grew thick enough for feed for the horses and oxen, the dogs and carioles were changed for the saddle ponies and Red River cats, and the winter's furs freighted overland to Ft. Garry.
Trains Increased
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Each year his trains of creaking carts increased until in the heydey of his success, they numbered 65. At Ft. Garry they were loaded with merchandise for trading, and if they couldn't be filled, the Hudson's Bay allowed $40 a 100 pounds for all freight brought to Ft. Edmonton.
In 1871 he was married to Annie McKenzie from Aberfoyle near Guelph, Ontario, and their five children were among the first white children born on the western prairies.
This time in the west was known as "the time of the transfer" of Prince Rupert's Land to Canada. This meant that all had the privilege of taking up homesteads and so the McDougalls settled on one near Morley and what is today one of the best known ranches on the now famous Banff motor road. It was well known for its hospitality and comfort, and even luxurious furniture as success came to its owners.
Freighted for Police
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After 1874, when the North West Mounted Police came, David McDougall did a great deal of freighting for them, riding, driving and hunting buffalo all over the southern plains. During this period he purchased part of his father's homestead, 160 acres, which is in the very heart of the city of Edmonton today, in the vicinity of the MacDonald hotel and McDougall church, which is named after his father.
In 1881 the advance guard of surveyors and engineers for the Canadian Pacific Railway were marking out its righ-of-way and they found him of inestimable value, guiding and freighting.
Later he built the Mt. Royal hotel, at Banff, and in 1906 the McDougall block, one of the first modern blocks of the city of Calgary.
For the last ten years he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Geo. Ross, of this city. Four other children survive, including David McDougall, Jr., a rancher near Morley; Mrs. Fred Graham, of Calgary; Mrs. Norman Luxton, Banff, and Mrs. G. Carling, of Ottawa.
The Calgary Daily Herald, Tuesday, December 6, 1927 (includes photo)
Pioneer Resident Since 1865 Dies at the Age of 82
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David McDougall, pioneer hunter and free trader, and one of Calgary's most widely known old time residents, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George H. Ross, on Tuesday afternoon, at 2:35 o'clock.
David McDougall was one of Alberta's oldest pioneers, and as far as reminiscences of old-timers go, her first free trader, having spent nearly a quarter of a century trading furs with the tribes in the early days.
He was born in Owen Sound and came to Alberta in 1865. He was educated in the Owen Sound public schools, then attended the different mission schools, Victoria college, Coburg, and fianlly Rockwood academy, near Guelph, Ontario. After his schooling was finished, he went to the United States and clerked in a store for a year, then west to join his father, Rev. George McDougall, who had established a Methodist mission which he named Victoria. In company with his sister, Mrs. Richard Hardisty, wife of the late Senator Hardisty, the first senator of the North West Territories, he was 60 days making the trip west.
For two years he helped his father on his primitive mission-farm, then decided to become a "free trader" in 1867, Confederation year. This was observed in the "west" by all the higher Hudson's Bay officials "going out" to Ft. Garry, capital of the fur trading country of those days.
All winter he trapped and traded with the Indians, within a two hundred mile radius of Victoria. As soon as spring opened, and the grass grew thick enough for feed for the horses and oxen, the dogs and carioles were changed for the saddle ponies and Red River cats, and the winter's furs freighted overland to Ft. Garry.
Trains Increased
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Each year his trains of creaking carts increased until in the heydey of his success, they numbered 65. At Ft. Garry they were loaded with merchandise for trading, and if they couldn't be filled, the Hudson's Bay allowed $40 a 100 pounds for all freight brought to Ft. Edmonton.
In 1871 he was married to Annie McKenzie from Aberfoyle near Guelph, Ontario, and their five children were among the first white children born on the western prairies.
This time in the west was known as "the time of the transfer" of Prince Rupert's Land to Canada. This meant that all had the privilege of taking up homesteads and so the McDougalls settled on one near Morley and what is today one of the best known ranches on the now famous Banff motor road. It was well known for its hospitality and comfort, and even luxurious furniture as success came to its owners.
Freighted for Police
----------------
After 1874, when the North West Mounted Police came, David McDougall did a great deal of freighting for them, riding, driving and hunting buffalo all over the southern plains. During this period he purchased part of his father's homestead, 160 acres, which is in the very heart of the city of Edmonton today, in the vicinity of the MacDonald hotel and McDougall church, which is named after his father.
In 1881 the advance guard of surveyors and engineers for the Canadian Pacific Railway were marking out its righ-of-way and they found him of inestimable value, guiding and freighting.
Later he built the Mt. Royal hotel, at Banff, and in 1906 the McDougall block, one of the first modern blocks of the city of Calgary.
For the last ten years he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Geo. Ross, of this city. Four other children survive, including David McDougall, Jr., a rancher near Morley; Mrs. Fred Graham, of Calgary; Mrs. Norman Luxton, Banff, and Mrs. G. Carling, of Ottawa.
The Calgary Daily Herald, Tuesday, December 6, 1927 (includes photo)
DAVID McDOUGALL EXPIRES TUESDAY
Pioneer Resident Since 1865 Dies at the Age of 82
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David McDougall, pioneer hunter and free trader, and one of Calgary's most widely known old time residents, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George H. Ross, on Tuesday afternoon, at 2:35 o'clock.
David McDougall was one of Alberta's oldest pioneers, and as far as reminiscences of old-timers go, her first free trader, having spent nearly a quarter of a century trading furs with the tribes in the early days.
He was born in Owen Sound and came to Alberta in 1865. He was educated in the Owen Sound public schools, then attended the different mission schools, Victoria college, Coburg, and fianlly Rockwood academy, near Guelph, Ontario. After his schooling was finished, he went to the United States and clerked in a store for a year, then west to join his father, Rev. George McDougall, who had established a Methodist mission which he named Victoria. In company with his sister, Mrs. Richard Hardisty, wife of the late Senator Hardisty, the first senator of the North West Territories, he was 60 days making the trip west.
For two years he helped his father on his primitive mission-farm, then decided to become a "free trader" in 1867, Confederation year. This was observed in the "west" by all the higher Hudson's Bay officials "going out" to Ft. Garry, capital of the fur trading country of those days.
All winter he trapped and traded with the Indians, within a two hundred mile radius of Victoria. As soon as spring opened, and the grass grew thick enough for feed for the horses and oxen, the dogs and carioles were changed for the saddle ponies and Red River cats, and the winter's furs freighted overland to Ft. Garry.
Trains Increased
------------------
Each year his trains of creaking carts increased until in the heydey of his success, they numbered 65. At Ft. Garry they were loaded with merchandise for trading, and if they couldn't be filled, the Hudson's Bay allowed $40 a 100 pounds for all freight brought to Ft. Edmonton.
In 1871 he was married to Annie McKenzie from Aberfoyle near Guelph, Ontario, and their five children were among the first white children born on the western prairies.
This time in the west was known as "the time of the transfer" of Prince Rupert's Land to Canada. This meant that all had the privilege of taking up homesteads and so the McDougalls settled on one near Morley and what is today one of the best known ranches on the now famous Banff motor road. It was well known for its hospitality and comfort, and even luxurious furniture as success came to its owners.
Freighted for Police
----------------
After 1874, when the North West Mounted Police came, David McDougall did a great deal of freighting for them, riding, driving and hunting buffalo all over the southern plains. During this period he purchased part of his father's homestead, 160 acres, which is in the very heart of the city of Edmonton today, in the vicinity of the MacDonald hotel and McDougall church, which is named after his father.
In 1881 the advance guard of surveyors and engineers for the Canadian Pacific Railway were marking out its righ-of-way and they found him of inestimable value, guiding and freighting.
Later he built the Mt. Royal hotel, at Banff, and in 1906 the McDougall block, one of the first modern blocks of the city of Calgary.
For the last ten years he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Geo. Ross, of this city. Four other children survive, including David McDougall, Jr., a rancher near Morley; Mrs. Fred Graham, of Calgary; Mrs. Norman Luxton, Banff, and Mrs. G. Carling, of Ottawa.
The Calgary Daily Herald, Tuesday, December 6, 1927 (includes photo)
Pioneer Resident Since 1865 Dies at the Age of 82
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David McDougall, pioneer hunter and free trader, and one of Calgary's most widely known old time residents, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George H. Ross, on Tuesday afternoon, at 2:35 o'clock.
David McDougall was one of Alberta's oldest pioneers, and as far as reminiscences of old-timers go, her first free trader, having spent nearly a quarter of a century trading furs with the tribes in the early days.
He was born in Owen Sound and came to Alberta in 1865. He was educated in the Owen Sound public schools, then attended the different mission schools, Victoria college, Coburg, and fianlly Rockwood academy, near Guelph, Ontario. After his schooling was finished, he went to the United States and clerked in a store for a year, then west to join his father, Rev. George McDougall, who had established a Methodist mission which he named Victoria. In company with his sister, Mrs. Richard Hardisty, wife of the late Senator Hardisty, the first senator of the North West Territories, he was 60 days making the trip west.
For two years he helped his father on his primitive mission-farm, then decided to become a "free trader" in 1867, Confederation year. This was observed in the "west" by all the higher Hudson's Bay officials "going out" to Ft. Garry, capital of the fur trading country of those days.
All winter he trapped and traded with the Indians, within a two hundred mile radius of Victoria. As soon as spring opened, and the grass grew thick enough for feed for the horses and oxen, the dogs and carioles were changed for the saddle ponies and Red River cats, and the winter's furs freighted overland to Ft. Garry.
Trains Increased
------------------
Each year his trains of creaking carts increased until in the heydey of his success, they numbered 65. At Ft. Garry they were loaded with merchandise for trading, and if they couldn't be filled, the Hudson's Bay allowed $40 a 100 pounds for all freight brought to Ft. Edmonton.
In 1871 he was married to Annie McKenzie from Aberfoyle near Guelph, Ontario, and their five children were among the first white children born on the western prairies.
This time in the west was known as "the time of the transfer" of Prince Rupert's Land to Canada. This meant that all had the privilege of taking up homesteads and so the McDougalls settled on one near Morley and what is today one of the best known ranches on the now famous Banff motor road. It was well known for its hospitality and comfort, and even luxurious furniture as success came to its owners.
Freighted for Police
----------------
After 1874, when the North West Mounted Police came, David McDougall did a great deal of freighting for them, riding, driving and hunting buffalo all over the southern plains. During this period he purchased part of his father's homestead, 160 acres, which is in the very heart of the city of Edmonton today, in the vicinity of the MacDonald hotel and McDougall church, which is named after his father.
In 1881 the advance guard of surveyors and engineers for the Canadian Pacific Railway were marking out its righ-of-way and they found him of inestimable value, guiding and freighting.
Later he built the Mt. Royal hotel, at Banff, and in 1906 the McDougall block, one of the first modern blocks of the city of Calgary.
For the last ten years he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Geo. Ross, of this city. Four other children survive, including David McDougall, Jr., a rancher near Morley; Mrs. Fred Graham, of Calgary; Mrs. Norman Luxton, Banff, and Mrs. G. Carling, of Ottawa.
The Calgary Daily Herald, Tuesday, December 6, 1927 (includes photo)
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