Barnard's Express
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Barnard's Express, later known as the British Columbia Express Company or BX, was a pioneer transportation company that served the Cariboo and Fraser-Fort George regions in British Columbia, Canada fr
Barnard's Express Office in Barkerville 1865
Owen Forrester Browne
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Owen Forrester Browne was a paddle steamer captain in British Columbia, and Alberta, Canada. He was born in New Westminster and worked on the lower Fraser and Yukon River sternwheelers before coming t
Barnard's Express
…route from Soda Creek to Fort George, whereas the BC Express was built for the route from Fort George to Tête Jaune Cache. The captain of the BX was Owen Forrester Browne, an experienced Fraser River pilot. By the time he took command of the BX in 1910, he was already well known in the area, as he had been the captain…
Captain Owen Forrester Browne
Northland Echo 1931