David A. Ogilvy

“David A.N. Ogilvy was an old man who had done only one thing of much public importance in his life and he had gloried in that single event through years of insignificance.”

What a cruel eulogy!

The story behind this long forgotten pioneer in this week’s BC Chronicles.

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PHOTO: Ah, the tales the tombstones tell in Victoria’s Ross Bay Cemetery—among them that of pioneer David Ogilvy. —Author’s Photo