John Godson
	
John Godson arrived on the first Canadian ship of the Klondike stampede to land in Skagway. The //Islander// arrived on 29 July 1897 with 430 people and 102 horses. Godson led a contingent of four Canadian customs officials. He and four special constables intended to cross the White Pass to Tagish where they would set up a customs station to collect duties and enforce the law.((//Victoria Daily Colonist// (Victoria), 28 July 1897 in M.J. Kirchhoff, //The Founding of Skagway.// Alaska Cedar Press, 2015: 29.))