Mount Lolo


Mount Lolo (50˚09'00" 125˚21'00" W side of Quadra I, E of Seymour Narrows, N of Campbell R). Jean-Baptiste Lolo (1798–1868) was a Metis, probably of Iroquois and French-Canadian parentage. He joined the fur trade as an interpreter and by 1822 was working at Ft St James. At Ft Fraser he acquired the nickname St Paul as a result of his great admiration for this biblical figure. From 1828 he was based at Ft Thompson (later Kamloops), where he became a vital intermediary between the HBC and the...

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