He was born in New Westminster and worked on the lower Fraser and Yukon River rear wheels before coming to the upper Fraser River in the early 1900s .
He was born in New Westminster and worked on the lower Fraser and Yukon River sternwheelers before coming to the upper Fraser River in the early 1900s .

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(2). yes.
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