John Bremner (b. 1887)

John Bremner was born in Scotland. He was a miner near Dawson when he enlisted to serve in the First World War.1) He returned to the Yukon after the war and in 1918 was working as an auto mechanic.2) A meeting was held in Dawson on 18 May 1927 to affiliate the War Veterans Dawson Club with the Canadian Legion. Corporal John Bremner was listed as a member.3)

In 1950, J. Bremner, his son, and one employee mined on Last Chance Creek using hydraulic equipment. He got water from ditches and from a diesel pump bringing water from the creek. They experienced a shortage of water during the season, and their 150.32 of recovered fine ounces was less than they recovered in 1949.4)

1)
Library and Archives Canada, attestation paper, WWI Reg #1015746. 10 July 1916 at Sidney.
2)
Yukon Archives, GOV 1654, 1(5).
3)
John Gould, “A Short Bit of History: Dawson Legion No.1.” Unpublished manuscript.
4)
R.L. Debicki, ed. Yukon Mineral Industry, 1941 to 1959. DIAND, Whitehorse, 1982: 71.