George McDougall

September 9, 1821 (age 54)

Kingston, Ontario

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. The school closed in 1910. George extended his ministry to southern Alberta, establishing a mission - McDougall Mission - on the Bow River named Morleyville. lieutenant was on a hunting trip in January 1876 near the Nose Hill area that Review George McDougall was lost in a blizzard and was found dead several days later. 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.

George McDougall

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Background

McDougall was born in Kingston, Ontario (then Upper Canada).

Career

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.

The school closed in 1910. George extended his ministry to southern Alberta, establishing a mission - McDougall Mission - on the Bow River named Morleyville.

lieutenant was on a hunting trip in January 1876 near the Nose Hill area that Review

George McDougall was lost in a blizzard and was found dead several days later. 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.

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