The First Canadian Pacific R.R. and Geological Survey parties for British Columbia, July 22 1871
Left to right : L. N. Rheaumis, Roderick McLennan, A. S. Hall, West West Ireland, Alfred Selwyn, Alex Maclennan, Walter Moberly, C. E. Gilette, James Richardson, — — McDonald, George Watt. Toronto Public Library
Detail: Roderick McLennan Toronto Public Library
Roderick M. McLennan
b. 1805 — Lancaster, Ontario
d. 1908 — Toronto
In 1871-72, Canadian Pacific Railway surveyors Roderick McLennan and Charles Horetzky made a reconnaisance from the Big Bend of the Columbia River up to the North Thompson River. McLennan left Kamloops leading Survey Parties Q and R on August 19, 1871, and in October decided to winter his party in the vicinity of Tête Jaune Cache. He built a camp four or five miles upstream from the Canoe River on what consequently came to be named Camp Creek. In 1872, also leading Q and R, he undertook an expedition to Moose Lake. [2]
- — “Progress Report of Exploation from Yellow Head Pass westerly by the Cariboo District and by the North Thompson River. Appendix 4.” In Fleming, Sandford, FRSC KCMG [1827–1915]. Progress Report on the Canadian Pacific Railway Exploratory Survey. Ottawa: Canadian Pacific Railway, 1872. Canadiana [accessed 13 November 2025]
- 1871 CPR Surveys – McLennan winters at TJC
- 1. Fairhall, Charles. “Surveyors of the Past. Roderick M. McLennan, 1805–1908. Civil Engineer, Land Surveyor, Explorer.” Ontario Land Surveyor, Summer (1983):27-28. Krcmar
- 2. McLennan, Roderick M. [1805–1908]. “Progress Report of Exploation from Yellow Head Pass westerly by the Cariboo District and by the North Thompson River. Appendix 4.” In Fleming, Sandford, FRSC KCMG [1827–1915]. Progress Report on the Canadian Pacific Railway Exploratory Survey. Ottawa: Canadian Pacific Railway, 1872. Canadiana [accessed 13 November 2025], pp. 39-49