Manitoba and its development: Lecture
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- Manitoba and its development: Lecture
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- 1896
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Manitoba and its development: Lecture
Author: McMillan, Anthony John, 1859-1939. (author)
Year: 1896
McMillan, Anthony John: 1859-1939. From England to Manitoba, where he engaged in agriculture, 1882; returned to England to lecture on Manitoba as a place to immigrate to in 1886 and 1887, resulting in many British coming to the West; appointed Manitoba immigration representative, 1888; visited England with Premier Thomas Greenway, and appointed agent-general for Manitoba in Britain, 1890; became interested in mineral development in British Columbia and Yukon; said to have been offered the appointment of Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia; crossed the Atlantic 106 times; died in Britain ( London Times , May 10, 1939). // Reprinted from Warwick and Warwickshire Advertiser , Saturday, January 11, 1896.