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built the ferry Atrevida. This vessel operated under provincial government charter from 1931 until 1946 under the Higgs' brothers management at which time she was sold to Captain H. C. R. Davis, of Nanaimo who continued to operate her on that route.Captain Higgs has been semiretired and living in Gibsons for the past 13 years and leaves his - wife Kathleen and three sons Martin, Gerald and John also his step-son Walter Cul-linan of Nanaimo who are all• • »Master Mariners. He alsoleaves his stepdaughter. Mrs. Dorothy Strieker residing in Surrey, B.C.Among the very wide interests Captain Higgs pursued over the years was the exploration of particularly, all partsof British Columbia of which• #locality he was very well informed as to its history, natural resources, hunting and fishing.Cremation will follow the ser-Ivice which took place at Harvey’s Chapel at 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon, March 16 and upon Captain Higgs’ own wish his ashes will be committed to the sea at a later date.
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Gibsons Coast News
Gibsons, British Columbia, CA
Thu, Mar 21, 1968
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