Richard Marpole
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Richard Marpole was General Superintendent with the Canadian Pacific Railway
Pacific Division in Vancouver
. In the 1907 Voter's List he is noted as living at the corner of Hastings and Hornby Streets in Vancouver. He directed the C.P.R. interests during the Mission robbery investigation.
He died on 8 Jun 1920 in Vancouver. He was in Kamloops with his private railway car monitoring the pursuit and trial of robbers.
The community Marpole
located in Vancouver South was named after him.
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
Pacific Division in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
. In the 1907 Voter's List he is noted as living at the corner of Hastings and Hornby Streets in Vancouver. He directed the C.P.R. interests during the Mission robbery investigation.
He died on 8 Jun 1920 in Vancouver. He was in Kamloops with his private railway car monitoring the pursuit and trial of robbers.
The community Marpole
Marpole
Marpole is a mostly residential neighbourhood of 22,400 located on the southern edge of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, immediately northeast of Vancouver International Airport. It is approximately bordered by Angus Drive to the west, 57th Avenue to the north, Main Street to the east and...
located in Vancouver South was named after him.