Work, or Wark, John

(1792-1861). Born in Ireland. Entered service of Hudson's Bay Company, 1814; employed east of the mountains until 1822, when transferred to the Columbia; in charge of Fort Simpson, 1835-1849; appointed chief factor, 1846; removed to Victoria, 1849, as one of the managers of the Company's affairs on the Pacific slope. In 1857 a member of the Legislative Council of Vancouver Island. Died at Victoria. Index : D Leads expedition into wilds of Oregon and the Upper Mi ouri in 1834, 132; member of Victoria board of management, 265; his death, 265. Bib. : Bancroft, History of British Columbia ; Walbran, British Columbia Coast Names .