Captain John Deighton CCE Traditional Cache
Captain John Deighton CCE
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Famous Captains series
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Captain John Deighton, also know as "Gassy Jack". In Victorian times, the term "to gas" referred to talking a lot, which Captain Deighton had become famous for.
Vancouver's history as a city has it's roots in what was a tiny settlement nicknamed Gastown and this name came into use due to a Fraser River pilot turned saloon keeper in 1867, as he was the first settler on the site which Vancouver was to evolve.
He erected his saloon close to Stamp's Mill, which is now the foot of Gore, with the help of eager workers from the mill, just 24 hours after arriving on the shores of the Burrard Inlet. The saloon, called Globe Saloon was named after his former saloon in New Westminster. He described the area as a "lonesome place, surrounded by Indians. In 1870, the small settlement known as Gas Town around the saloon, received acknowledgment as a town site of 60 acres, and was named Granville.
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