Edward Weston Burnell (1888 – 1942)
Ed Burnell was born in Ireland.1) He was a member of the Royal North-West Mounted Police in Mayo.2)
Burnell was mining in the Mayo area in February 1916 when he enlisted to serve in the First World War. He was a private in the 83rd Overseas Battalion when he applied to have his claims held free of cancellation during the war. His certificate of enlistment was filed against the Horse-shoe Fractional Mineral Claim #2281 and the All In Mineral Claim No 2379 and against creek claims No 2 below on Johnson, No 7 below on Sabbath and 8 below on Coronation creeks.3)
Burnell returned to the Yukon in July 1919.4) The Department of Soldiers’ Civil Re-Establishment helped E.W. Burnell in June 1920 with a statutory declaration repayment of travelling expenses to point of enlistment.5) After the war, Burnell trapped on the Stewart River. He had cabins across the river from the White Pass sheds, at 17-Mile and at 26-Mile. He often travelled down the Stewart on his raft Nogo Verifast. Ed Burnell died in Mayo.6)