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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Magnus Begg |
| Date | 1885 |
| Document Type | Photograph |
| Reference | NA-3867 |
| Library / Archive | Glenbow Museum |
| Collection Name | Alexander Begg Fonds |
| Description | Studio portrait of Magnus Begg smoking from a horse's head pipe and wearing a beaded jacket. He was an agent at the Blackfoot (Siksika) Indian Agency in Alberta. |
| Biographical Note / History | Alexander Begg, (1825-1905), was born in Scotland, where he received a teaching diploma. In 1846, he emigrated to Ontario where he resumed teaching. In 1854, he turned to journalism and established a number of newspapers. He married Emily Maria Luke, (d. 1930), in 1858 and they had eleven children. One of their sons, Magnus, became For a number of years Alexander was employed by the Department of Internal Revenue and was Collector of Customs for the North-West Territories in 1869. In 1872 he was appointed Emigration Commissioner in Scotland for the Province of Ontario and persuaded thousands of crofters to settle in Canada. He later attempted to promote a similar scheme as Commissioner for the British Columbia government but this was abandoned as impractical. In the 1870s he established a temperance colony at Parry Sound and Beggsboro. In 1881, he visited the West as a Toronto Mail correspondent. He then acquired the Dunbow Ranche near Davisburg and High River, Alberta in 1883. In 1887 he moved to Victoria where he and three of his sons later formed the Stickeen and Teslin Railway, Navigation and Colonization Co. The following year he was employed by the Dominion Government to assist in defining the Canada-Alaska border. He retired to New York City in 1903. |
| Theme(s) | Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations |
| Nationality | Scottish; American Indians |
| People | Begg, Magnus |
| Keywords | government |
| Additional Information | Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the Glenbow Museum catalogue. |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Glenbow Museum |
