author
Alfred Carmichael
1874–1963
A Victoria, British Columbia businessman who also turned local storytelling into print, he is best remembered for Indian Legends of Vancouver Island (1922). His work sits at an interesting crossroads of regional history, publishing, and the early recording of stories from Vancouver Island.
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Indian Legends of Vancouver Island
by Alfred Carmichael
About the author
Born in 1874 and later active in Victoria, British Columbia, he was known both as a writer and as an entrepreneur. Archival records describe him as being involved in a range of business ventures, including water, light and power, oil and coal, timber, gold, and syndicate projects.
For readers today, he is chiefly associated with Indian Legends of Vancouver Island, published in 1922. The book helped preserve and circulate stories connected with Vancouver Island in an era when many regional histories and oral traditions were being gathered into print.
Because reliable biographical detail is fairly limited in the sources I could confirm, the broad outline is clearest: he was a Canadian figure with Irish roots, active in business as well as writing, and he lived from 1874 to 1963.