Frederick John Johnson (b.1881)
	
Fred Johnson was born in England.((Library and Archives Canada, WWI Reg. #1015568. June 23, 1916 in Victoria. Attestation Paper.)) He staked discovery claim on Johnson Creek, a trib. of the McQuesten River, in 1898. About thirty-eight men stampeded in the fall and stayed there for the winter but high water in the shafts discouraged them. Johnson was still mining the ground in 1915 and recovered a reported 47.5 ounces that year.((Linda E.T. MacDonald and Lynette R. Bleiler, //Gold & Galena.// Mayo Historical Society, 1990: 35.)) He enlisted for service in the First World War in June 1916.((Library and Archives Canada, WWI Reg. #1015568. June 23, 1916 in Victoria. Attestation Paper.)) He was recruited by Captain George Black and was in England in August 1917. ((//Dawson Daily News// (Dawson), 17 August 1917.)) He remained in active service in 1917-18.((//Polks Gazetteer// 1917-18.)) Johnson returned to the Mayo area after the war and mined on Haggart Creek into the 1940s.((Linda E.T. MacDonald and Lynette R. Bleiler, //Gold & Galena.// Mayo Historical Society, 1990: 394.))