George McDougall
George Millward McDougall (1821-1876) was a Methodist missionary in Canada who assisted in negotiations leading to Treaty 6 and Treaty 7 between the Canadian government and the Indian tribes of western Canada.
Biography
McDougall was born in Kingston, Ontario (then Upper Canada).[1]After attending Victoria College in Cobourg, he was ordained in 1854. In 1860 he was sent to the Rossville near Norway House. In 1863 he established the Victoria Mission near Edmonton, the earliest Methodist mission in the West, and was superintendent of Methodist missionary work in the Saskatchewan District. In 1871 he founded a permanent mission at Edmonton House, a Hudson's Bay Company outpost at what is now Edmonton, Alberta. McDougall also helped prepare the Natives for the signing of Treaty 6 and Treaty 7. He died in a blizzard while on a buffalo hunt near what is now Calgary, Alberta.
He and his son (the Reverend John Chantler McDougall) served missions over a wide area, ministering to Indian groups at Pigeon Lake, Stoney Lake, Saddle Lake and Whitefish Lake.
George extended his ministry to southern Alberta, establishing a mission on the Bow River named Morleyville. It was on a hunting trip in January 1876 near the Nose Hill area that Rev. George McDougall was lost in a blizzard and was found dead several days later.[2]
An indication of his influence in the creation of present-day Alberta can be found in the large number of memorials that have been established throughout the province, including hospitals, schools and other local landmarks. Has a school in Airdrie Alberta named after him and they kick ass at sports.
See also
References
- ^ "McDougall, George Millward". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
- ^ Mark, Watson. "Rev. George McDougall". Rev.George McDougall. Southern Alberta Pioneers and their Descendants (SAPD). Retrieved October 26, 2011.
Bibliography
- McDougall, John (1895). Forest, lake, and prairie; twenty years of frontier life in Western Canada (1842-62). Toronto: William Briggs.
- McDougall, John (1888). George Millward McDougall: the pioneer, patriot and missionary. Toronto: William Briggs.
- McDougall, John (1911). In the days of the Red River rebellion: Life and adventure in the far west of Canada (1868-1872). Toronto: William Briggs.
- McDougall, John (1911). On western trails in the early seventies: frontier pioneer life in the Canadian North-West. Toronto: William Briggs.
- McDougall, John (1896). Saddle, sled and snowshoe: pioneering on the Saskatchewan in the sixties. Toronto: William Briggs.