Bigger than life—and totally forgotten

We don’t cherish our heroes in Canada.

Oh, briefly perhaps, at the moment of their celebrity, but as the years pass so do they—into the mists of time and forgetfulness. 

I can’t offer a better example than Morris Moss who once was described as “one of the most colourful figures this coast has ever seen”.

Morris who?

Let me tell you about one of the most remarkable British Columbian pioneers of all, Morris Moss—adventurer, fur trader, law officer, sealer, miner and synagogue president—in next week’s Chronicles.

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PHOTO: In American folklore Morris Moss would be a Davy Crockett. —BCA