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
- The Royal Engineers Living History Group
- District of North Vancouver's Lynn Canyon Park Guide
- 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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