Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: October 25, 1990
• Invested on: April 17, 1991

One of our last explorers with a wealth of stories from his colourful life as a frontier teacher, farm and ranch hand, cook, horse wrangler, engineer and soldier, he was responsible for mapping some of the remaining uncharted wilderness areas of the interior of British Columbia. An expert in photogrammetry, as Surveyor General of British Columbia and Boundaries Commissioner, he contributed great to the geographical, economic and cultural development of his beloved province.