John Linn (Royal Engineer)
- John Linn (Royal Engineer)
John Linn was a British Royal Engineer. He came from Edinburgh, spent 9 years in Halifax and settled in British Columbia in 1859. North Vancouver's Lynn Valley is named after him.
References
* [http://www.royalengineers.ca/Linn.html The Royal Engineers Living History Group]
* [http://www.lynncanyonparkguide.bc.ca/article.asp?c=657&a=1735 District of North Vancouver's Lynn Canyon Park Guide]
* [http://www.cherrybouton.com/nshistory.html A Short History of the North Shore by Cherry Bouton]
*"Namely Vancouver: A Hidden History of Vancouver Place Names" (2001) By Tom Snyders, Jennifer O'Rourke, page 172.
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