It’s great to see the Goodsir Nature Park recognized in the naming of Goodsir Place and Goodsir Cresent in the new Nechako Terrace subdivision.
Jim Good has created a remarkable and unique botanical park that is well worth a visit.
From a historical perspective, however, it should be noted that Mount Goodsir in Yoho National Park was named by James Hector in 1859 after two brothers, John Goodsir, a professor of anatomy at the University of Edinburgh, and Harry Goodsir, a surgeon on the ship HMS Erebus who was lost on the Franklin expedition.
Sir James Hector was a Scottish-New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon who accompanied the Palliser Expedition as a surgeon and geologist.
Mike Nash
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