probably recovered financially. Then, as in the 1880s, the property was held in his wife’s name. In 1909 the Woods built a new home next to that of Robert

Rogers*, the engineer in charge of mountain-location work. Wilson soon found himself at the survey headquarters at the foot of the Rockies packing supplies on up to 80 Indian-bred horses that

nationalized, the federal government of Sir Robert Laird Borden took over the

Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), and the next year he was sent to Rogers Pass in the Rocky Mountains to supervise the construction of snow-sheds

ROGERS, SAMUEL MAYNARD, businessman, militia and army officer, bookkeeper, undertaker, and civil servant; b. 14 April 1862

ROGERS, ROBERT, businessman, political organizer, and politician; b. 2 March 1863 in Lakefield, Lower Canada, second son of

closest associates were Robert Rogers, minister of public works from 1900 to 1911

(and which included Sir William Cornelius Van Horne* as vice-president, as well as Aitken, Edward Rogers

Cox’s Dominion Securities Corporation, formed in 1901 on the initiative of Edward Rogers

telephones and telegraphs, Brown as provincial treasurer, Robert Stirton Thornton as minister of education, Thomas Herman Johnson* as minister

MITCHELL, ROBERT MENZIES, teacher, physician, office holder, politician, and asylum superintendent; b. 28 Oct. 1865 in Port

Whitney* quickly met with his minister of education, Robert Allan Pyne, as

Prime Minister Sir Robert Laird Borden for the care of its wounded

prison. In 1874 John and his brother, Robert, emigrated to Winnipeg to live with their uncle, Robert Machray*, who was the Anglican bishop of the

Walkem*]. Premier Robert Beaven*, realizing Louise’s popularity, was said to have suggested that if Vancouver Island became a separate kingdom

were halted when his Liberals were defeated in the federal election of 21 Sept. 1911 by an informal alliance of Robert Laird

HARRIS, ROBERT EDWARD, lawyer, businessman, and judge; b. 18 Aug. 1860 in Lequille, N.S., son of Robert Jefferson Harris and

, and his assertiveness created tension with Harcourt, who found it difficult to return to the traditional deputy minister’s role. He also believed, according to botanist Roger Vick, that Marshall was

HAMMOND, JOHN, artist and educator; b. 11 April 1843 in Montreal, second son of Robert Hammond, a stonemason, and Elizabeth