John Robert Giscome left his mark on British Columbia.
A trail and small community north of Prince George, B.C., are named in his honour.
But Krystal Leason, executive director of the Huble Homestead/Giscome Portage Heritage Society in Prince George, says many people don’t know much about the prospector and his role in northern B.C.’s gold rush.
“[People] often assume he’s white and so they’re very surprised to discover that he was actually a Black man from Jamaica, which is pretty neat and really speaks to the early diversity of B.C. and the contributions of Black people to our province’s history,” Leason said.
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