Biography

Thomas Sinclair Gore was born 1851 at Gore's Landing, Ontario. He died on January 8, 1937 in Victoria, B.C. He was a surveyor by profession. He was mentioned as an amateur photographer in the Daily Colonist newspaper in February 1886. He photographed the arrival of the first CPR train at Port Moody on July 4th, 1886. Gore was a founding member of the Vancouver Island Arts and Crafts Society.
 

1904  Victoria Directory:     Gore Thomas Sinclair surveyor & engineer Gore & McGregor
Rm 2 Five Sisters Block r 27 Burdett St. (research courtesy Jim Wolf)