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Bill Peyto
Born
Ebenezer William Peyto
(1869-02-14 ) 14 February 1869Died 23 March 1943(1943-03-23) (aged 74 ) Occupation(s ) Park warden, mountain guide Spouses
(m. 1902; died 1906)
(m. 1921; died 1940) Children 1 son[1]
Ebenezer William Peyto ( PEE -toh[2] mountain guide , and early park warden of Banff National Park .
Life and career
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Peyto was born in Welling, Kent in 1869 and immigrated to Canada, settling in Calgary in February 1887.[1] [3] [4] Bow River where he kept his outfitting and trapping gear.[5] Tom Wilson , and led early expeditions to attempt to climb Mount Assiniboine , including once with James Outram in the 1890s.[2] Edward Whymper to Vermilion Pass .[6]
Peyto enlisted to serve in Lord Strathcona's Horse Regiment during the Boer War in 1899, and during World War I in Belgium and France with the Twelfth Mounted Regiment and Machine Gun Brigade.[1] Battle of Ypres .[2]
Peyto worked as a park warden in the Banff National Park from 1913 until his retirement in 1937.[1] [7]
Death and legacy
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Peyto married Emily Wood in 1902; she died in 1906.[8] Lewes , Sussex, England, in 1921.[8] [9]
Bill Peyto died from cancer on 23 March 1943 in Calgary, Alberta and was buried at the Banff Town Cemetery. At the time of his death, he was survived by one son, Robert.[1] [10] [2]
A large photograph of Peyto prominently marks the entrance to the town of Banff, Alberta . Peyto Glacier on the Continental Divide and Peyto Lake are named in his honour.[2]
References
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^ a b c d e "Ken Liddell" . Calgary Herald . 24 May 1961. p. 5 . Retrieved 6 April 2022 .
^ "Bill Peyto Park Guardian" . February 2009.
^ "Bill Peyto, explorer and guide in the Canadian Rockies" . Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2011 .
^ "| Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies" . Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011 .
^ "Bill Peyto" . cdnrockiesdatabases.ca . Retrieved 12 April 2011 .
^ "Bill Peyto, explorer and guide in the Canadian Rockies" . Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2011 .
^ a b Ancestry.com. Alberta, Canada, Marriages Index, 1898-1944 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
^ "Mrs. Ethel Peyto" . The Calgary Albertan . 2 July 1940. p. 9 . Retrieved 6 April 2022 .
^ http://www.pioneersalberta.org/profiles/p.html#peyto "Pioneer Profiles"
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
