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Roderick Finlayson 1818-1892 Chief Factor HBC 1859-1872 and Co-Founder of Fort Victoria Above: Fort Street, downtown Victoria Below: Finlayson Point, located about 3km southwest of downtown Victoria overlooking the Salish Sea (Pacific) In 2019 I met up with Pam Gaudio in Victoria, BC. She is the g-g-g-granddaughter of Roderick Finlayson. We first connected on the internet in 2005. Pam is a genealogist and is currently writing a book about Roderick and his mixed- blood Nez Perce (Niimíipuu) wife Sarah Work. Her goal is to raise the contemporary stature of Roderick.