Albert Edward McKay (d. 1912)
Albert McKay, Thomas Johnston, and George Gordon staked claims on Empire Creek in the Mayo District in 1904, and McKay continued to prospect and mine the creek for years after.1) In 1910, A.E. McKay spread the news of his copper discovery on the Peel River to people in Mayo and Hill Barrington and other officers on the sternwheeler Pauline.2)
In 1912, Albert E. McKay and Alex Nicol arrived at Gordon's Landing on the Stewart River intending to stay the night. As McKay moved up the bank from the river to the cabin of his old partner Henry McWhorter, the dogs started barking. McWhorter called out but McKay did not answer. McWhorter fired into the bushes, thinking he was firing at wolves but hitting McKay. McWhorter and Nicol took McKay to Mayo but he died three hours later.3)