Tranquille Sanitorium: William Fortune
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William Fortune was a farmer and a businessman. After immigrating to Ontario, he joined the party of “Overlanders”, who travelled across the continent in 1862 to join the Cariboo Gold Rush. He worked for the HBC in Kamloops, then moved west to settle at Tranquille, where he developed a ranch and farm and built the first flour mill in the Interior. In 1878 he built the sidewheel steamer Lady Dufferin to haul supplies on the Thompson and Shuswap waterways. He sold his property for use as a tuberculosis sanitarium in 1907 and returned to Kamloops, where he was prominent in business until his death. He was born 1838 in Yorkshire, England and died December 1, 1914. He is buried with his wife, Jane Fortune(born Febuary 8, 1838 and died 1918/04/28) at The Pleasant Street Cemetery, located in downtown Kamloops.(Sec A/Row 0010/Lot 0001/Sub Lot S/).
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