Gore, Thomas Sinclair^{[1, 2]}

1851 - 1937  (86 years)

• Name	Gore, Thomas Sinclair
  Birth	1851	Gore's Landing, ON
  Gender	Male
  Home Address/Year	1886	Victoria, BC
  	Address: Victoria, BC Canada
  Death	8 Jan 1937	Oak Bay, BC   [3]
  Person ID	I225	Camera Workers | G, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2017

  
  

• Photos

  Arrival of the first Canadian Pacific Railway train at Port Moody, BC. Photographed by T.S. Gore, a photographer is visible in the left background. Image courtesy of BC Archives, Visual Records call no. A-09737.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Amateur. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: A surveyor by profession, he photographed the arrival of the first Canadian Pacific Railway train at Port Moody on 4 Jul 1886. He was mentioned as an amateur photographer in the Colonist in Feb 1886. He was later active in the Island Arts and Crafts Society. REFERENCES: BVIPA GR-1304, file 294/37 (probate); Colonist, 1886 02 27/3, 1891 11 06/5, 1937 01 09 (obit.); BVIPA Reference Room VF; BVAA photo CANADIAN P. 2.

  
  

• Sources

  [S45] COLLECTION: BVAA. [S628] (Victoria) Colonist, (Victoria: Colonist), 9 Jan 1937, 1, 3. "Death Claims Old Resident" [S652] BVIPA death registration index. Registration no. 1937-09-523107 (microfilm reel B13158)