Plaque commemorating George Millward McDougall
Plaque commemorating George Millward McDougall, Methodist missionary.
Plaque reads: George Millward McDougall, 1821 - 1876
A native of Ontario, McDougall as a founder of Methodist missions among the tribes of the Canadian North West between 1860 and 1876 showed constant concern for the education and for the Indian's future in the settled West. Eight years service at Victoria, near Smoky Lake, Alberta, earned McDougall the Cree name "Man of One Word". Moving to Edmonton in 1871, his consultation with Cree and Stoney Indians in Saskatchewan and Alberta reduced Indian fears by assuring government recognition of their rights. He laid a basis of trust for Indian Treaty No. 6, signed in 1876, seven months after his death in a blizzard near Calgary.
Photo courtesy of the Heritage Community Foundation.
