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| John "Cariboo" Cameron |
They'd been working the claim since August, and most other miners had given up for the winter and left the Cariboo. But that's not why Cameron is famous; he's famous for keeping a promise to his wife, Sophia Cameron, who died only a few days before they found gold. The promise was to bring her body back to her home in Ontario, and to find out about his adventures doing that, see her story in the next section below.
Before he fulfilled the
promise, however, Cameron wanted to work his claim as quickly as possible.
To do this he hired 75 miners to work in shifts around the clock. The
huddle of shacks they built, and the shops and services which were
established to serve them, became known as Camerontown.
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| Cameron's Grave |
