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McKechnie, D.C.
Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
McKechnie, D.C.
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Other form(s) of name
- McKechnie, Donald
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
[1898]-1992
History
D.C. (Donald) McKechnie graduated from UBC in 1920 in Mining Engineering. During the summer of 1919 he worked at Britannia Mines, and explored the Bridge River country. After he graduated McKechnie worked as a mining engineer for 45 years, first in the Kootenays; journeyed by dog-sled from Alaska to Hudson Bay; and took journeys to Africa, South America and Jamaica. He died on February 16, 1992.
Places
University of British Columbia; Britannia Mines; Kootenays; Hudson Bay
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mining engineer
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Internal structures/genealogy
General context
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Control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
University of British Columbia Archives
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Status
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Created 24 May 2011
Language(s)
- English
