Indigenous activists say the story of Gassy Jack is missing sordid details

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"Vancouver founder John Deighton married a 12-year-old Indigenous girl after his first wife's death."

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Creators and Contributors Laura Sciarpelletti (Creator)

SubjectsMadeline Deighton, Cease Wyss

IdentifierARC.News.CBC.20190630

DateJune 30 2019

General Material DesignationElectronic record

Record TypeNewspaper Articles

LanguageEnglish

URLhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/indigenous-activists-say-the-story-of-gassy-jack-is-missing-sordid-details-1.5190581

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