Barney Mulvaney's dog team with mail from Kitimat nearing Hazelton 1910 see too :Kitselas white settlement.
The fabulous Barney Mulvany renowned throughout the north country, now living in retirement at Burns Lake, began his experiences on the Skeena when he carried Her Majesty's mail by dog team and on his back from Kitamat to Hazelton. His was a roving character and in his own words "my first ambition was to start at the mouth of every river in B.C. and go to the head of it to see what was on the other side of the summit". This he claims to have accomplished, but the Skeena was his first love and his wanderings always brought him back to its banks. Like years have been occupied with recording his experiences in prose and verse. His ballad of "Kitselas" recounts a legend of the Skeena doubtless gleaned as he camped with his Indigenous friends along the trail from Kitselas to Hazelton.
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Barney Mulvaney's dog team with mail from Kitimat nearing Hazelton 1910 see too :Kitselas white settlement.
The fabulous Barney Mulvany renowned throughout the north country, now living in retirement at Burns Lake, began his experiences on the Skeena when he carried Her Majesty's mail by dog team and on his back from Kitamat to Hazelton. His was a roving character and in his own words "my first ambition was to start at the mouth of every river in B.C. and go to the head of it to see what was on the other side of the summit". This he claims to have accomplished, but the Skeena was his first love and his wanderings always brought him back to its banks. Like years have been occupied with recording his experiences in prose and verse. His ballad of "Kitselas" recounts a legend of the Skeena doubtless gleaned as he camped with his Indigenous friends along the trail from Kitselas to Hazelton.
Photo showing youngsters from Kitamaat Village. From left: Fred Fleury, Elder Watts, Eric Woods, Sam Woods, Elder Sutton. Front row: Fred Williams, Ivan Woods, Alvin Stewart.
Photo showing youngsters from Kitamaat Village. From left: Fred Fleury, Elder Watts, Eric Woods, Sam Woods, Elder Sutton. Front row: Fred Williams, Ivan Woods, Alvin Stewart.
Notes
Five youngsters from Kitamaat were presented with certificates marking the completion of a course of study during the regular Sunday service of the Latter Day Saints. Continent-wide, the course was conducted in the village by Mormon Elders Milton Watts, Felix Teio and Richard Sutton. A similar course will be commencing about mid-September. Fred Fleury, local branch president made the presentation and Sam Woods was the main speaker at the service. Missing is a sixth graduate of the course, Kelly Stewart. Caption excerpt from the Northern Sentinel newspaper, August 13, 1967.
