Brick, Reverend John Gough National Historic Person
Peace River, Alberta
View of Dunvegan, ca. 1911
© Credit: Burke Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / Library and Archives Canada / 3302796
Address :
Peace River, Alberta
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1954-06-07
Life Date:
1836 to 1897
Other Name(s):
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Brick, Reverend John Gough
(Designation Name)
Importance:
Anglican missionary, settlement of Peace River district
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: Exterior wall of Post Office Peace River, Alberta
Born in England, he came to Western Canada as a missionary of the Church of England in 1882. Between that date and 1894 his agricultural experiments at Fort Dunvegan, Old Wives Lake and the Shaftesbury Settlement revealed the wheat growing possibilities of the Peace River Country. He died in New York.